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July 15, 2025
To Save Sudan, Banish the Islamists and Back Civilian Rule
Islamists Fuel Sudan’s Civil War The...
July 15, 2025
Iran threatens Europe as France, Germany, and UK weigh snapback options
After years of funding organized crime networks across Europe and helping sustain Russia’s war against Ukraine, Tehran is no longer veiling its threat to the continent. On July 12, Mohammad Javad Larijani,...
July 15, 2025
What Washington Can Do To Slow Turkey’s Despotic Turn
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is tearing his country’s democracy apart, and getting bolder by the day. He has been on a spree of imprisoning foes and, on July 7, began an effort to ban nearly...
July 14, 2025
Trump throws gauntlet down on Putin — who gambled he could stall his way to victory
The time for talk is over. President Donald Trump issued a major deadline to Russia on Monday. If Moscow does not “make a deal” with Kyiv within 50 days, countries that do business with Russia...
July 14, 2025
Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: July 7–13, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between July 7 and July 13, 2025. The IDF’s activities last week were largely concentrated south of...
July 14, 2025
America Can’t Lead in AI by Firing All the Experts
The United States is caught in a growing paradox. Just as artificial intelligence (AI) has become a key focus of U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy agenda, the administration’s efforts...
July 14, 2025
South Africa’s corrupted rule of law
South Africa’s minister of police is in bed with gangsters, according to a regional police chief. The South African government has fashioned itself as a guardian of international law in recent...
July 13, 2025
Let the World Know What a Worthless Ally Russia Is
After a successful NATO summit at which member states agreed to increase their defense spending, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov lashed out, claiming that the increased spending was “disastrous”...
July 13, 2025
US envoy Barrack should stick to the script
President Trump’s unscripted statements are a hallmark of his leadership. While this unpredictability often unsettles America’s allies, it keeps adversaries on edge, contributing to his widespread...
July 12, 2025
Kurdish government blames Iranian-backed PMF for drone attacks targeting Iraqi Kurdistan
For two weeks, drones have increasingly targeted areas in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq, with the most recent attack on July 11. On July 5, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) blamed the...
July 11, 2025
How Trump can stop killings in Ukraine and score a win for the US — and himself
Even before a Russian attack drone murdered an innocent 1-year-old Wednesday and highlighted Vladimir Putin’s savagery, President Donald Trump seemed headed in the right direction on Ukraine. Moscow’s...
July 11, 2025
Lying to America’s Kids about Israel
More propaganda may soon be coming to a school near you, thanks to some of the same groups that have already gotten calls for Israel’s destruction into K-12 curricula. Pro-Palestinian activists, who...
July 11, 2025
Ahmed Al-Shara’s Foreign Jihadist Problem
When Trump met Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, in Riyadh, he couldn’t stop praising him. “He’s a young, attractive guy—tough guy,” Trump said. “He’s got a real shot at pulling...
July 10, 2025
Taliban denounces International Criminal Court warrant for emir, chief justice
The Taliban rejected arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its emir, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, and its chief justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, on July 8. The ICC issued...
July 10, 2025
Terrorists attempt to abduct IDF soldier in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that terrorists tried to abduct an Israeli soldier in Khan Younis during an attack on troops on July 9. The attempt follows a Hamas publication on July 8 that suggested...
July 10, 2025
Why This Is No Time to Go Wobbly on Ukraine
Dan Caldwell argues that it’s prudent for the Trump administration to pause weapons to Ukraine, where he believes there are “limited U.S. interests at stake” (Letters, July 7). Thankfully...
July 10, 2025
Is Taiwan Preparing for the Wrong Kind of War as Communist China’s Threat of ‘Reunification’ Looms?
As Taiwan begins its largest-ever defense drills, with Communist China fixated on “reunification” with its neighbor, is the island democracy preparing for the wrong kind of war?
July 10, 2025
From Spearhead to Spectator: Why Hezbollah Sat Out Iran’s War With Israel
Iran spent decades building Hezbollah as its first line of defense. The group’s once-massive capabilities were meant to deter Israel or the United States from attacking the Islamic Republic...
July 10, 2025
The Battle for Display Dominance
Last month, US energy experts uncovered hidden cellular radios inside Chinese-made solar inverters—critical components that link solar panels, batteries, and electric vehicle chargers...
July 10, 2025
Israel and Syria Should Prioritize Security Cooperation
Excerpt “I want to swim in Lake Tiberias,” then-Syrian leader Hafez al-Assad told U.S. President Bill Clinton in March 2000, just months before his death. It was a striking remark during the final...
July 9, 2025
5 IDF soldiers killed in northern Gaza ambush
On July 7, five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 were wounded in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF ) said that terrorists activated three explosive devices as the troops passed them. Soldiers who arrived to rescue their comrades were then fired upon. “The troops continued the evacuation while engaged in combat under fire,” the IDF said in a briefing on July 8.
July 9, 2025
Law and disorder
Interpol is such a cool idea: Cosmopolitan cops chasing criminals around the world. That’s the image that’s been projected in movies like “Interpol” (1957), “The Medallion” (2003),...
July 9, 2025
How China Is Quietly Funding Iran’s War Machine
For too long, the United States has given China a pass on slave labor, unfair trade practices, and its quiet but critical support for America’s adversaries. Nowhere is that support potentially more dangerous...
July 9, 2025
Turkey still wants to join BRICS while pretending to be a NATO ally
Last year, Turkey took observers by surprise at the 2024 BRICS summit in Russia when it applied for full membership in an organization that seeks to challenge the Western-led liberal international order and is an adversarial alternative to NATO.
July 8, 2025
Netanyahu’s gift to Trump marks a ‘historic horizon’ for Mideast peace
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited President Donald Trump at the White House Monday, he celebrated his country’s victory over the Islamic Republic of Iran — after a brief but intense...
July 8, 2025
Israeli forces raid Iran-backed cell in Syria for second time
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a raid targeting “a cell that was operated by the Iranian ‘Quds’ Force in the Tel Kudna area of southern Syria,” the Israeli military said on...
July 8, 2025
Houthis resume deadly Red Sea shipping attacks
On June 6, the Houthis, the Iran-backed terrorist group ruling northern Yemen, ended an approximately 7-month hiatus from attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea with an attack on a cargo...
July 8, 2025
Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: June 30–July 6, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous activities throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between June 30 and July 6, 2025. The IDF’s operations last week reached both sides of the Litani River,...
July 8, 2025
Has America Reversed Itself on Hezbollah?
US Envoy to Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has reversed three decades of US policy by no longer labeling Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The shift de-internationalizes the issue of the...
July 6, 2025
People vs CCP: Suidani and Talifilu fight the good fight
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants you to think this story is about them and their power, but it’s not. It’s about something more important than the CCP will ever be: people of courage and principle...
July 6, 2025
2 Americans wounded in attack on Gaza aid site
Terrorists injured two American veterans working at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution site in southern Gaza on July 5. The attacks follow weeks of threats by Hamas and its affiliates that...
July 4, 2025
As American Scrutiny of Muslim Brotherhood Increases, Lawmakers Overlook Qatar’s Support of the Extremist Group
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July 3, 2025
Hamas gives opposition militia leader 10 days to surrender
The Hamas-run Ministry of the Interior published a statement on July 2 ordering the Popular Forces militia leader, Yasser Abu Shabab, to turn himself in and face trial on several charges. The order warned that if Shabab did not surrender within 10 days, he would be considered a fugitive and tried in absentia.
July 3, 2025
Mossad’s Next Challenge
Israel’s and America’s attacks on Iran may prove pivotal for the Middle East if all the blows the clerical regime has absorbed since October 7, 2023, lead eventually to the collapse of the Islamic Republic. If the theocracy remains, however, or if an Islamist military dictatorship replaces it, the picture is a little different: Sunni-ruled Syria and its ally, Turkey, will benefit from the fact that Iranian allies will no longer dominate the northern Levant. ...
July 2, 2025
Trump can’t let Pentagon meddlers derail ‘peace through strength’ for Ukraine
In a major policy reversal, the Pentagon has halted shipments of key munitions Ukraine needs to defend against Russia’s unprovoked aggression — a startling decision that runs counter to President...
July 2, 2025
Israel Defense Forces raid Iran-linked terror cell in Syria
The Israeli military carried out a raid in Syria during which it says it apprehended “a terrorist cell operated by Iran.” The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed the operation, part of Israel’s...
July 2, 2025
Trump announces sanctions relief for Syria
On June 30, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order revoking longstanding sanctions on Syria. “The United States is committed to supporting a Syria that is stable, unified, and...
July 2, 2025
Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: June 23–29, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between June 23 and June 29. The IDF’s activities last week were concentrated in south Lebanon, ...
July 2, 2025
S-400s or not, don’t give Turkey the F-35
Thomas Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, suggested on Sunday that the impasse with Washington over Ankara’s procurement of the Russian S-400 air and missile defense system could be resolved...
July 2, 2025
What the Mar Elias Church Bombing Means for Syria’s Future
Excerpt An attack on a church on Sunday, June 22, killed 25 people in Damascus. The attack in Syria’s capital should mark a turning point in the new Syrian government’s approach to confronting...
July 2, 2025
The media’s misleading message
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were hopping mad last week over attempts to minimize what they’d achieved through the deployment of B-2 stealth bombers and Massive Ordnance...
July 1, 2025
Disarming Hezbollah Is Here, Lebanon’s Peace with Israel Is Next
Now that the leaders of Lebanon are certain that Israel and America would not shy away from using force against Iran when need be, and now that they are sure that the bark of China and Russia in the Middle...
July 1, 2025
Treasury targets Houthi oil revenue, building on US sanctions against the group
In late June, the US Treasury Department levied its largest batch of sanctions against the Houthis, targeting individuals and entities involved in the importation and smuggling of oil and other goods. “Today’s...
June 30, 2025
An Urgent Call to Close the Loopholes on Chips and China
The core lessons from the Cold War should guide us as we face the new “Axis of Aggressors” today. First among these, is that we need to win the technology race. Advanced technology made in United...
June 30, 2025
Taliban denies Afghanistan is a haven for terrorists
In response to a US Congressional hearing that discussed the security situation in South and Central Asia, the Taliban denied that foreign terror organizations are operating in Afghanistan. The Taliban...
June 30, 2025
Israeli military focuses on next steps in Gaza campaign, reorganizes aid access
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is working to reorganize access routes to aid distribution centers in Gaza, the Israeli military said on June 30. The decision comes more than a month after the US-backed...
June 30, 2025
Trump Ends the Folly of De-escalation
In my first year at West Point, I was part of a cordon of cheering cadets who lined Thayer Road to welcome back to American soil 52 people who had been held hostage by the Iranian regime for...
June 30, 2025
Israel: Now the Dominant Military Power in the Middle East?
Israel: A Regional Hegemon with Iran Defeated? In the wake of Israel’s surprise attack on Iran on June 13, it has become clear that Israel’s military is now among the strongest in the Middle East....
June 29, 2025
Make Iran Free Again
The Islamist Regime in Tehran Must Go. Almost two weeks into the war, the Trump administration is imposing a ceasefire on Israel. The most dangerous outcome is to allow the Islamic Republic to stay in power.
June 29, 2025
Hamas places bounty on aid workers: GHF
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) published a statement on June 28 acknowledging ‘credible’ reports that Hamas has placed bounties on aid workers, including American personnel. The statement adds...
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