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May 26, 2026
Good morning! Today is Tuesday, May 26th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Ali Rizk warns that the Trump administration's unprecedented sanctions on Lebanese military and security officials accused of aiding Hezbollah risk being seen as an assault on the entire Shi'ite community, echoing the disastrous de-Ba'athification of post-Saddam Iraq. On day 48 of the U.S.–Iran ceasefire, President Trump declared it "should be mandatory" for Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, and Jordan to join the Abraham Accords, as Iranian diplomats traveled to Doha to hammer…
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