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April 18, 2025
‘Valid for all countries except Israel’
There’s an unwritten rule among governments in many Muslim countries—when things go wrong at home, turn on the State of Israel. Bangladesh, one of the poorest and most densely populated countries...
April 17, 2025
Catering to Qatar
On March 7, the podcaster Tucker Carlson released an interview with Qatar’s prime minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. It was a complete and fully conscious whitewashing of the regime’s transgressions...
April 17, 2025
Trump must clarify what he means when says Iran will never have nuclear weapons
This past Saturday, a new round of negotiations took place between Iran and the United States in Oman, with President Donald Trump represented by his confidant Steve Witkoff and Iran represented by its Foreign Minister Araghchi.
April 17, 2025
Putin’s Palm Sunday Attack Demands A Response
On Palm Sunday, Russian forces launched another deadly missile strike against Ukrainian civilians—this time in the northeastern city of Sumy. Many of the thirty-five dead and 129...
April 17, 2025
Time For a New Policy Toward Erdogan
Turkey and Israel held talks last Wednesday aimed at avoiding a confrontation in Syria as Ankara continues to pursue greater influence in a post-Assad Syria, including through...
April 16, 2025
A ‘Reverse Kissinger’ would be a fool’s errand
You probably know what a reverse mortgage is because you’ve seen Tom Selleck selling them on television commercials. And you may recall from high school gym class what a reverse half-nelson is. But...
April 16, 2025
Hamas’s quiet removal of 1,850 people from death count another red flag
Excerpt The Gaza Health Ministry did not tell anyone that 1,852 individuals it listed as dead last October no longer appear on its official list of victims. In March, the ministry published a list...
April 16, 2025
Sisi’s political theater: Protests as a strategic performance in Egypt
Few societies have perfected protest culture quite like the Egyptians. From the nationalist fervor of the 1919 revolution to the chants of “Bread, Freedom, Social justice” in Tahrir Square during the...
April 16, 2025
American troops train Syrian Free Army at Tanf Garrison as US weighs next moves in Syria
US forces in Tanf continue to train with Syrian partner forces and support their work securing an area of southern Syria near the Iraqi and Jordanian borders. On April 11, Combined Joint Task Force...
April 15, 2025
Jordan foils Muslim Brotherhood terrorist plot
On April 15, the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) announced that it “foiled plans aimed at targeting national security, sowing chaos, and sabotage within Jordan.” The GID...
April 15, 2025
Nuclear Deal or Not, Hezbollah Must Disarm
The Shia of Lebanon who pledge allegiance to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should ask themselves these questions: Why do they boycott American products when Khamenei invites Americans to invest in...
April 15, 2025
Syrian government, SDF, and other factions move to end tensions over strategic dam
The transitional Syrian government and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reached an agreement regarding the handover of the strategic Tishrin Dam from SDF’s control to Damascus’s control....
April 15, 2025
Weakened by Israel, Hezbollah turns to spin games to hold support
In the aftermath of the collapse of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire in Gaza, fears of renewed fighting to Israel’s north sparked after it came under anonymous rocket fire from south Lebanon. Hezbollah,...
April 15, 2025
Trump should stop dancing to Putin’s nuclear waltz
Since retaking office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed concern that Russia’s war on Ukraine could spiral into World War III....
April 14, 2025
AI Power Demand Is Remaking Our Energy Ecosystem – While Painting a Target on Its Back
Even in its most conservative projections, AI-driven booms in electricity use are poised to provide a once-in-a-generation opportunity – and imperative – to secure our grid against PRC cyber attacks OpenAI...
April 14, 2025
Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: April 7–April 13, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous activities and operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon between April 7 and April 13, 2025. For the second week in a row, Israeli operations in the country...
April 13, 2025
US targets Houthi military and political leaders in latest campaign
The Trump administration has targeted Houthi military and political leaders since it initiated its campaign against the Iranian-backed militia in Yemen in mid-March. This effort is a departure from the...
April 13, 2025
Naim Qassem explains Hezbollah’s vision for the future in first long-form interview
On March 09, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gave his first lengthy interview to Manar Sabbagh from Al Manar, Hezbollah’s satellite TV station, after assuming his post. Qassem’s predecessor,...
April 13, 2025
China and Russia Rejoice as the U.S. Cuts Its Global Media
When U.S. adversaries celebrate Washington’s decisions, it’s time to reassess them. After the Trump administration effectively dismantled the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) in mid-March,...
April 11, 2025
Iranian and Armenian militaries drill as Azerbaijan hosts Israel-Turkey talks
Iran and Armenia held their first joint military exercises, “Peace,” near their shared border region of Nodruz on April 9 and 10, according to the Armenian Defense Ministry and the Islamic...
April 11, 2025
Why do Iraqi Shiites hate the new Syria and its leader?
One might assume that the most unpopular individuals in Iraq are US President Donald Trump or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
April 11, 2025
Against racism, for antisemitism: The message of a march in Paris
Thousands of people marched through Paris at the end of March in what was billed as a protest against racism. It was another display of the long-standing alliance between the far left and Islamist groups,...
April 10, 2025
Trump understands China is on its way to global domination and must be stopped
President Trump is launching a tariff blitz on the world for one reason: China. China’s economy is built on a system that distorts free trade. Determined to grow at any cost, China has...
April 10, 2025
Will Trump Use Force to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Development?
Excerpt President Trump announced Monday that Iran had agreed to begin direct nuclear negotiations with the U.S. on April 12. “If they don’t make a deal,” Mr. Trump said last month, “there will...
April 10, 2025
IDF slowly moves forward to consolidate control in southern Gaza
The Israeli military is proceeding systematically and slowly to consolidate control over southern Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sent more units into the territory and is aiming to cut off Rafah....
April 10, 2025
Trump should not imitate Obama, repeating his presidential mistakes
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent visit to Washington dealt with two main issues that could become points of contention in the otherwise warm relations between PM Netanyahu and President Trump—tariffs...
April 10, 2025
Canada should push the G7 to help end energy poverty
Canada’s hosting of the annual G7 meeting in Kananaskis in mid-June comes at a time when six of the group’s members find themselves offside with the seventh, the United States. Despite that, and...
April 10, 2025
Will Iraq’s Iran-Backed Militias Disarm?
Iranian-backed militias continue to play an outsized role in the politics determining the future of Iraq. The militias come under the umbrella of an armed paramilitary force called the Popular Mobilization...
April 10, 2025
To Beat China, America Must Balance AI Innovation with National Security
While the White House is busy restricting trade with China, it keeps unlocking the back gate. Even as the Department of Commerce expanded export restrictions on March 26 to prevent...
April 9, 2025
Trump and Xi Are in a Tariff Trap
The U.S.-China trade war has erupted into a full-scale tariff spiral, with triple-digit levies on Chinese products going into effect today and Washington showing no signs of slowing its assault....
April 9, 2025
Accelerating to Where? How the U.S. Can Better Compete in the Chip War
The “Chip War” remains a critical domain in U.S.-China competition. This was clearly the case during the Biden administration, which made semiconductor investment the focus of its marquee legislation.
April 9, 2025
Israel’s second war of independence
It’s been 18 months since Hamas’s invasion of Israel and the barbaric pogrom that followed. Hamas is still holding and torturing hostages. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are still fighting not just...
April 9, 2025
Iran reportedly smuggling weapons to Hezbollah via Beirut port
An unnamed “Western security source” told Al Arabiya and its Al Hadath sister channel that Hezbollah is using the Port of Beirut to smuggle weapons into Lebanon from Iran. The source told...
April 8, 2025
Ali Khamenei’s revealing glimpse into the Islamic Republic’s fears
When Iran’s supreme leader speaks, the world expects a predictable mix of praise for his Palestinian allies, blustery predictions of Israel’s demise, and bitter denunciations of...
April 8, 2025
Iran braces for possible US attack amid proxy setbacks
An anonymous Iranian official told Reuters on April 6 that Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has instructed Iranian armed forces to be on high alert. The source also said Tehran has...
April 8, 2025
Understanding how China secured its chip stack
Excerpt Semiconductors are essential for all technologies and are inherently dual-use. Their production process is comprised of three main steps: Design, fabrication, and assembly. Every step requires...
April 8, 2025
Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah militia denies report it will disarm
Kataib Hezbollah has denied a recent Reuters report that stated it was considering disarming, according to numerous reports quoting the group’s statement. Kataib Hezbollah is one of the Iranian-backed...
April 8, 2025
National Dialogue Is Unconstitutional
When President Joseph Aoun took his oath of office before Parliament, he pledged to uphold the Constitution of Lebanon. Had the President and his Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, declared from the outset that...
April 7, 2025
Israel assassinates Hamas official in Lebanese city of Sidon
Israel assassinated senior Hamas official Hassan Ahmad Farhat on Friday, April 4. At 3:05 am, Lebanese media outlets reported an Israeli airstrike in the city of Sidon in the south...
April 7, 2025
Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: March 31–April 6
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous activities and operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between March 31 and April 6, 2025, also targeting a Hamas operative in the country. The...
April 6, 2025
Syria’s new strongman isn’t living up to his promises for reform
Excerpt Days before his troops overthrew the regime of Bashar Assad, Ahmad al-Sharaa declared that Syria deserves a system in which no “single ruler makes arbitrary decisions.”...
April 6, 2025
Palau deports Chinese criminals, reinforces Indo-Pacific security
In the last three months, the Pacific island country of Palau has executed a master-class in how to quietly, professionally and effectively rid itself of serious national security threats—including striking...
April 5, 2025
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem’s Quds Day speeches
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered two speeches to commemorate Quds Day last week. This annual event, begun by Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is held on...
April 3, 2025
Iranian personnel reportedly leave Yemen as US strikes intensify
Iran has ordered its military personnel to leave Yemen amidst the ongoing US bombing campaign in the country, The Telegraph reported on April 3. The newspaper’s source added that regime...
April 3, 2025
Turkey reportedly plans to take control of airbases in Syria
Media reports indicate that Turkish forces are planning on deploying to the Tiyas Airbase, also known as the T4, and the Palmyra military airport in Syria’s Homs province—two sites recently...
April 3, 2025
Palestinians protest against Hamas and the war in Gaza
Palestinians in the northern Gaza city of Beit Lahia renewed protests against Hamas and its war with Israel on Wednesday. The latest round of demonstrations followed a lull last week after earlier protests erupted on March 25. Some protestors held signs that read “Stop the war,” and others chanted, “Hamas, get out. Palestinians...
April 3, 2025
Houthi kidnappings increase amidst US airstrikes
The Houthis, the Iran-backed terrorist group ruling northern Yemen, have kidnapped more than 75 people since the US began its large-scale operation against the group, according to SAM, a Geneva-based human rights organization focused on the Middle East.
April 3, 2025
Israel takes over new area dubbed ‘Morag Corridor’ in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) advanced into a new area of Gaza as part of an operation that began in mid-March and is continuing to expand slowly.
April 3, 2025
Why inflation haunts Iran
As the Trump administration begins to revive the maximum pressure campaign, the Iranian economy remains trapped in a relentless cycle of inflation, underscored by the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI)...
April 3, 2025
U.S. Pushes Back Against South Africa’s Anti-American Diplomacy
Pretoria’s dumpster fire diplomacy with the United States continues. In the span of a week, South Africa had its ambassador to the United States expelled, its largest city doubled down...
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