Thanassis Cambanis

Thanassis Cambanis is the director of Century International. He is the author of A Privilege to Die: Inside Hezbollah’s Endless War and five other books about the Middle East.

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An Iraqi demonstrator holds a picture of Hassan Nasrallah, late leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, during a protest vigil in Baghdad on Sept. 28.
An Iraqi demonstrator holds a picture of Hassan Nasrallah, late leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, during a protest vigil in Baghdad on Sept. 28.

Charisma and Militancy Powered Nasrallah’s Rise, but He Became One More Corrupt Warlord

Analysis
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The Post-Obama Syrian Playbook

Voice
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The Syrian Revolution Against al Qaeda

Dispatch
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Syria’s Stalingrad

Voice
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In Syria, You Can’t Go Home Again

Voice
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Assad’s Sunni Foot Soldiers

Voice
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The War to Save Syria’s History

Voice
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The Slow Death of Damascus

Dispatch
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Cheering Russia’s Airstrikes in Assad’s Heartland

Dispatch
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Are We Witnessing the Birth of a New Mideast Order?

Argument
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Syria’s Humanitarians Are Going Broke

Dispatch
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Egypt’s Sisi Is Getting Pretty Good … at Being a Dictator

Argument
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Lebanon’s ‘Democracy of the Gun’

Dispatch
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Iran Is Winning the War for Dominance of the Middle East

Argument
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The Final Betrayal of Egypt’s Revolution

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