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July 30, 2024
Hezbollah Attack Threatens Full-Scale War With Israel
The Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah launched an attack on northern Israel, killing 12 children and wounding scores of others on Saturday...
July 29, 2024
Why Is Turkey Cozying Up to Syria?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spent the better part of the last decade attempting to overthrow Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria...
July 29, 2024
Tuareg rebels, JNIM each claim victory over Russia’s Wagner Group in Mali
Over the weekend, fierce fighting between Tuareg rebels and the Malian military, backed by mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group, was reported in the extreme north of Mali. The Russian mercenaries suffered...
July 28, 2024
Israel weighs response after Hezbollah rocket kills 12 young civilians
Israel’s security cabinet met on July 28 to weigh a response to a Hezbollah rocket that killed twelve children and teenagers on July 27 in the Golan town of Majdal Shams. The death toll is...
July 28, 2024
Majdal Shams on the frontline
The road to Majdal Shams from the lower Golan passes through flat plains, dotted with shrubs and the occasional ruin of an old building. Some of the fields are burned from recent rocket fire from Lebanon. The...
July 28, 2024
Lebanon, Hezbollah run from responsibility for Majdal Shams massacre
Hezbollah and Lebanon are both trying to distance themselves from responsibility for the massacre of the children in Majdal Shams. This is a rare stance for Hezbollah, who usually brags about its attacks....
July 27, 2024
The Terrifying Lebanon Scenarios
Twelve Israelis were killed in a Hezbollah attack on the Druze village of Majd al-Shams on Saturday. The majority of the dead were children. Hezbollah has attempted to deny responsibility. The Israeli...
July 27, 2024
Iran’s House of Cards
Raisi’s death leaves Mojtaba Khamenei, the fifty-five-year-old son of the current supreme leader, well-positioned to succeed his father. On paper, Mojtaba is just a teacher at a seminary school,...
July 27, 2024
Hezbollah rocket fire kills 12 civilians in northern Israel
Rocket fire from Lebanon killed 12 Israeli civilians in the northern Druze town of Majdal Shams on July 27. The victims, aged 10 to 20, were at a soccer field when a rocket struck the area, killing...
July 27, 2024
Iran increases its attacks in Syria, Iraq against US forces
Iran is increasing its use of militia proxy groups to attack US forces in Syria and Iraq. This comes after several months of a lull in such attacks. Iranian-backed militias had increased attacks after...
July 27, 2024
Is Iran supplying Hezbollah with advanced new weapons?
Iran may be seeking to supply Hezbollah with new types of weapons that the terrorist group could use to target Israel’s energy grid, according to the Kuwaiti media outlet Al-Jarida, which has...
July 26, 2024
Trudeau must avow Canadian support for Israel in Gaza
Peer beneath the surface and the horrific truth emerges. In Gaza’s underground, a vast tunnel system spanning hundreds of miles conceals Hamas fighters, their weapons and likely their Israeli hostages....
July 26, 2024
Worrying signals on the Middle East from Britain’s new Labour government
It’s been only three weeks since Sir Keir Starmer was elected as Britain’s new prime minister in the Labour Party’s first general election triumph since 2005, but so much has happened in the aftermath—the...
July 26, 2024
Militaries Can’t Transition to Renewable Energy
For now, fossil fuel use will rise—but the defense sector can lead innovation into the next generation of low-carbon sources...
July 25, 2024
The perils of a Turkish-Syrian rapprochement
Since Turkey and Syria broke off relations in 2011, Ankara has played a prominent role in fighting Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria by supplying material support to insurgent groups seeking to overthrow...
July 25, 2024
Iran reestablishes its presence in the Caucuses with Armenian arms deal
Iran and Armenia recently signed a $500 million arms deal, Iran International reported on July 24. The deal includes various military equipment Tehran will supply to Yerevan, including Shahed...
July 25, 2024
Israeli forces recover the bodies of 5 hostages in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recovered the bodies of five hostages in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, the IDF said on July 25. The hostages were killed on October 7, and Hamas transported the...
July 25, 2024
Turkey-Syria ties in spotlight as Assad meets Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin reported Thursday. These are important talks because they come as Syria is considering...
July 25, 2024
The logical choice’: 17 years after he fled, could Dahlan lead a post-Hamas Gaza?
Former Gaza-based Palestinian politician Mohammad Dahlan has been floated as a person who might return to Gaza and play a renewed role there, according to a recent report by The Wall Street Journal, however...
July 24, 2024
US Treasury Department designates Islamic State facilitators across Africa
Yesterday, the US Treasury Department sanctioned three Islamic State facilitators based in Zambia, Uganda, and South Africa. The three have operated as part of a coordinated network that moves money between...
July 24, 2024
IDF trains for escalation in the north as Hezbollah publishes a new drone video
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue training units for a possible escalation with Hezbollah in Israel’s north. After nine months of war in Gaza, Hezbollah maintains daily attacks on northern Israel...
July 24, 2024
Violence Continues to Plague Israeli Arab Communities
Medics found Khaled Ahmed Hussein’s black pickup truck wrapped around a tree in Deir Hanna in northern Israel; the front windows were shattered. Assailants shot and killed Hussein, the cousin...
July 24, 2024
Brazil’s Hezbollah threat: Why sanctioning the terrorist group is crucial
Brazil has a Hezbollah problem. It directly threatens Brazil’s domestic security and the integrity of its financial system. Brazil should recognize this threat and sanction Hezbollah as a terror...
July 24, 2024
America held hostage
To no one’s surprise, Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen and accredited foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Russia, was sentenced last Friday to 16 years in a high-security penal colony...
July 23, 2024
China and the U.S. Are Careening Toward a South China Sea Crisis
Last November’s summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Woodside, California, was hailed as a harbinger of progress in stabilizing a superpower relationship...
July 23, 2024
Russia and Trump: Polluting the Information Space
Following the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Russian journalists and government officials decided it was appropriate to give their forecasts on social media of how the near-fatal...
July 23, 2024
Activists Aim to Hijack Teachers Union with Antisemitism
As July becomes August and the new school year approaches, Americans shouldn’t miss what transpired in Philadelphia earlier this month at the annual meeting of the country’s largest teachers’...
July 23, 2024
Shabaab mounts large-scale offensive, Somali Armed Forces claim victory
In a coordinated, multi-pronged offensive, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, assaulted multiple Somali National Army (SNA) bases across southern Somalia’s Lower Juba region yesterday. Each...
July 23, 2024
The Looming Hezbollah Deterrence Problem
Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on Wednesday, July 17, setting off alarms in the coastal city of Nahariya and surrounding communities. It was one of a series of daily attacks carried out by Hezbollah....
July 23, 2024
What China’s goal to unite Palestinians means, particularly for Hamas and the West Bank
Beijing hosted fourteen Palestinian groups from July 21 to July 23 in a high-level meeting that was supposed to help bring dialogue and “reconciliation.” This has major implications because...
July 23, 2024
Israeli drone strike kills wanted West Bank commanders
On July 23, an Israeli drone strike in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm killed two wanted commanders belonging to Hamas and al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. Hamas commander Ashraf Nafeh and...
July 23, 2024
Israeli forces launch raid into Khan Younis after terrorists return
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) entered the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis to target terrorists and uproot more terrorist infrastructure on July 22. The raid into Khan Younis is similar to raids into...
July 22, 2024
After Hamas is gone, how will Israel deradicalize Palestinians in Gaza?
In June, Fadi al-Wadiya, a physiotherapist from Doctors Without Borders, was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. Doctors Without Borders quickly took to social media, condemning the “abhorrent” attack...
July 22, 2024
Sderot and the Gaza border as the war drags on
The town of Sderot is enjoying summer. There are billboards announcing various activities. The playgrounds, although stifling hot, have some children at them. The shopping centers are full. This city appears...
July 21, 2024
Amid Yemen-Israel escalation, Hezbollah increases attacks on Israel
Hezbollah carried out a wave of rocket and drone attacks on Israel from Lebanon on July 20 and July 21. Sirens sounded in more than two dozen communities near the border. The attacks came as...
July 21, 2024
What could a Trump-Vance China policy look like?
One subtheme emerging from what has been the most consequential week in American politics in decades is the question of how a Trump/Vance administration would handle China. The inciting incident was...
July 21, 2024
All eyes on Iran’s reaction to Hodeidah
The Iranian-backed Houthis have vowed to continue attacks on Israel after the IDF struck the port of Hodeidah in Yemen on Saturday. Iran is a focus of attention now because it backs the Houthis...
July 21, 2024
Biden stands down, with Middle East in crisis
US President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris will have ramifications in the Middle East, a region already in crisis. While many countries in the region have...
July 20, 2024
Israeli Air Force bombs sites in Yemen controlled by Iran-backed Houthis
The Israeli Air Force carried out retaliatory strikes on Yemen on July 20, a day after a Houthi drone attacked Tel Aviv, killing a civilian and wounding others. It is the first...
July 20, 2024
After surprise Tel Aviv attack, Houthi drone arsenal comes under spotlight
The Iranian-backed Houthis have been using drones for a decade, beginning during the civil war in Yemen. When Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen to prevent the Houthis taking over Aden and other...
July 20, 2024
Build Iron Dome in the United States To Prepare for Israel’s Worst Day
Israel is racing to build more Iron Dome air defense systems amid a growing threat of war with Hezbollah, which has a massive stockpile of more than 150,000 mortars, rockets, and missiles....
July 19, 2024
The AMIA Bombing: Thirty Years Later
On July 12, Argentina’s President Javier Milei placed Hamas on its terrorism list, proclaiming the government’s “unwavering commitment to recognizing terrorists for what they are.” The terrorism...
July 19, 2024
Houthi drone is responsible for deadly attack on Tel Aviv
A drone launched by the Houthis in Yemen struck a building in central Tel Aviv Friday morning, killing a civilian and wounding “at least 10 others.” The Houthis later published a statement...
July 19, 2024
At the scene of the Tel Aviv drone attack
The corner of Shalom Aleichem and Ben-Yehuda Streets was crowded with onlookers on Friday, July 19. They had come to see the aftermath of a drone attack on Tel Aviv overnight. The drone had exploded...
July 19, 2024
Drone threat to Tel Aviv is wake-up call to Iran’s multi-front threats
A suspected drone attack on Tel Aviv early on Friday morning represents a new front in the drone war being waged against Israel by Iranian-backed enemies. Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis,...
July 19, 2024
An ‘abject, squalid, shameless’ debate at the Oxford Union
In an era dominated by social media and defined by short attention spans, it’s striking that longer, more involved debates hosted by elite institutions still matter. The Oxford Union—a debating...
July 19, 2024
What we know about Russia’s new 3-ton glide bomb
Newly released footage confirms that the Russian Air Force has begun using three-ton glide bombs in Ukraine. While it remains uncertain just how big a role this munition will play in the war, it adds to...
July 18, 2024
An Israel-Hezbollah war could send shockwaves through the energy market
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah continue to escalate. Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel have forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes. Should war erupt,...
July 18, 2024
IDF carries out precision strikes on Hamas on two fronts
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it carried out several targeted airstrikes on Hamas and members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Gaza and Lebanon on July 18. The precision strikes reflect the...
July 18, 2024
The rise and fall of the US-built floating Gaza pier
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke to Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant this week. “Secretary Austin told Minister Gallant that the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) temporary...
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