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March 4, 2025
Putin Spokesman Confirms Russian Offer to Mediate Between U.S. and Iran Over Iranian Nuclear Program
‘U.S. and Iran Should Solve All Problems Through Negotiations’: A top spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime confirmed on March 4 that Moscow was willing...
March 4, 2025
Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
March 4, 2025
Israel assassinates commander of Hezbollah Radwan Force’s seaborne forces
On Tuesday, March 4, reports emerged that Israeli aircraft targeted and destroyed a vehicle in south Lebanon, killing its occupants. An unnamed Israeli official told Galei Tzahal, the Israel Defense...
March 4, 2025
Lebanon Must Relearn Democracy, Debate Peace with Israel
Druze lawmaker Wael Abou-Faour said that U.S. officials have broached the subject of peace between Lebanon and Israel with top Lebanese leaders, but argued that peace would spark clashes...
March 4, 2025
Seeking Decisive Edge, China Uses Third-Party Countries to Circumvent U.S. AI Export Controls
Chinese firms have embraced an indirect approach to competing with Silicon Valley.
March 4, 2025
Blackout
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March 3, 2025
U.S. digital disarmament gives Russia free rein in cyberspace. Bad idea.
On the heels of the stunning Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky comes the news of a shocking — and shockingly misguided — reversal of long-standing...
March 3, 2025
‘Nothing in Our Family Is Hostile to the State’: One Dead After ‘Mentally Ill’ Druze Man Carries Out Terror Attack in Haifa
Suspect Yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ Before Stabbing Civilians: A terrorist killed one man and injured four others during a March 3 stabbing spree inside Haifa’s Lev Hamifratz transit...
March 3, 2025
U.S. Sanctions China-Based Front Companies Procuring Drone Components for Iran
Beijing finds itself in the crosshairs as Washington tightens the vise on Tehran. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned six entities on February 26 for procuring components for unmanned aerial vehicles...
March 3, 2025
Israel SitRep: March 3, 2025
Today’s Issue: | One Killed, Four Wounded in Terror Attack in Haifa; Perpetrator Was Druze With Dual Israeli-German Citizenship | Halevi in Leaked Remarks: Hamas ‘Defeated Militarily and Tactically’...
March 3, 2025
Qatari Advisor’s Comments on Gaza Ceasefire Highlight Gaps With U.S. and Israel
Qatari Official Urges Parties to Negotiate Phase Two: Countering the U.S. and Israeli positions,Majed al-Ansari, a senior advisor to the Qatari government, stated in a March 2 interview...
March 3, 2025
How Arab leaders should respond to Trump’s Gaza challenge
President Trump has laid down a challenge to Arab leaders: Show me a better plan for Gaza if you don’t like mine. At an emergency summit in Cairo on March 4, the Arab League will attempt...
March 3, 2025
Nascent Syrian armed group emerges to confront Israeli forces
An armed organization calling itself The Islamic Resistance Front in Syria—Great Might (formerly known as The Front for the Liberation of the South) has issued statements warning the Israel Defense Forces...
March 3, 2025
Can Syria Survive?
On February 25, Syria held a National Dialogue Conference, which is supposed to help the country come together after years of civil war and the toppling of the Assad regime. Syria’s new president,...
March 3, 2025
Shabaab mounts coordinated assault north of Mogadishu
Since at least February 20, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, has mounted a sizable offensive in southern and central Somalia between the Middle Shabelle and Hiraan regions. In some areas,...
March 2, 2025
Turning ‘Humanitarian Aid Into a Budget For Terrorism’: Israel Suspends Aid Flow to Gaza After Hamas Rejects Ceasefire Extension
Israel Halts Aid Into Gaza Strip: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on March 2 that Israel has halted “the entry of goods and supplies into Gaza” following Hamas’s...
March 2, 2025
Lebanon seizes funds bound for Hezbollah at Beirut airport
On February 28, Reuters, quoting three anonymous and unidentified sources, reported that authorities at Lebanon’s Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport seized $2.5 million in cash destined for Hezbollah.
March 2, 2025
US kills Al Qaeda’s military commander for Syria
Video of CENTCOM's strike in northwestern Syria that killed Hurras al Din's overall military commander Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay. Hurras al Din is Al Qaeda's branch in Syria which claims to...
March 1, 2025
‘No Progress’: Hamas Rejects Israeli Proposal to Extend Phase One of Ceasefire
Phase One of Ceasefire Ends: Hamas said that it rejected Israel’s proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which expired on March 1. During the first phase...
February 28, 2025
Small thanks and a little grace can repair that disastrous Ukraine meeting
High-stakes diplomatic negotiations almost never play out in view of the public. During Friday’s charged White House meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump,...
February 28, 2025
Syria’s National Dialogue Conference: A Missed Opportunity
Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria’s interim president, pledged in December that the country’s national dialogue conference on February 25 would chart a clear course for the country’s transition...
February 28, 2025
Lebanese Prime Minister Demands IDF Withdraw From 5 Defensive Points
Salam Demands IDF Withdraw Fully From Lebanon: Newly elected Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam demanded a full IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon during a February 28 visit...
February 28, 2025
Crushing Iran’s oil trade: The path to maximum pressure
“We are committed to bringing the Iranians to going back to the 100,000 barrels a day of oil exports,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Feb. 14. “If we get [Iran] back...
February 28, 2025
How Germany’s new leader can make history
The Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant observed that “out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.”
February 28, 2025
‘IDF Failed in its Mission to Protect Civilians’: Report Into IDF’s October 7 Failures Released
Not Prepared for Surprise Attack: The IDF on February 27 released its first internal investigation into Israel’s failure to prevent Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre in southern...
February 28, 2025
Israel SitRep: February 28, 2025
Today’s Issue: | IDF Investigation of October 7 Finds Hamas Was Developing Attack Plan in 2016 | IAF Drone Strike on Thursday Kills Hezbollah Operative Coordinating Weapons-Smuggling Activities | IAF...
February 27, 2025
Houthis Attack U.S. Fighter Jet and Drone
In a close call indicating the tenuous stability of the Red Sea, the Houthis fired surface-to-air missiles at a U.S. F-16 and MQ-9 Reaper drone on February 19 but missed them both, according to reports...
February 27, 2025
Israel strikes southern Syria amid continued demands for demilitarization
On the evening of February 25, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes in Syria. The strikes came two days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for south Syria...
February 27, 2025
In Sign of Deepening Ties, China Signs Agreements With Cook Islands
China has increased its presence in Oceania, undermining regional confidence in the United States and threatening sea lines critical for Australia’s and New Zealand’s security. On February 22, China...
February 27, 2025
Palestinian Terrorist Carries Out Combined Car Ramming, Stabbing Attack in Central Israel
Car Ramming Near Pardes Hanna: At least 13 people were injured on February 27 when a Palestinian terrorist drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians near Pardes Hanna-Karkur, north...
February 27, 2025
Israel Kills ‘Key’ Terrorist Responsible for Rearming Hezbollah
Terrorist Played Role in Smuggling Weapons: The Israeli military confirmed on February 26 that it killed leading Hezbollah terrorist Mehran Ali Nasser al-Din in a drone strike on...
February 27, 2025
Hospitals Suffer Because the Department of Health and Human Services Fails to Lead on Cybersecurity
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. has an urgent crisis to solve: the ransomware pandemic crippling American hospitals. The Biden administration spent years affirming the importance...
February 27, 2025
‘We Want a Meaningful Deal’: South African President in Overture to Trump Following Aid Cut
South African President Seeks Deal With Trump: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has stated that he wants to “do a deal” with U.S. President Donald Trump after the United...
February 27, 2025
Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Potential Leaps Ahead of IAEA Meeting
Iran’s major strides in its march towards a nuclear weapon hang ominously over the meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors in Vienna on March 3-7. The nuclear monitoring...
February 27, 2025
US and allies must get tough on Russia, China’s deep-sea cable sabotage
Russia and China have no qualms about going low to gain an advantage over the United States — and now they’re going even lower, targeting subsea cables that carry the vast majority of our...
February 27, 2025
Lebanon May Be Ready for Peace With Israel. Both Sides Need to Prepare
Ask any Lebanese and they will tell you that the vibe in the country has drastically changed since September. Just this week Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi...
February 27, 2025
Hamas Releases Bodies of Four Slain Hostages to Complete Phase One of Ceasefire
Release Will Not Include Staged Event: Hamas released four bodies of slain Israeli hostages during an overnight handover on February 27. The four, all of whom were abducted by the...
February 27, 2025
Al Jazeera platforms Hamas’s “resistance” at annual conference
On February 15, the Qatar-funded news organization Al Jazeera gave a platform to two Hamas officials at its 16th annual Al Jazeera Forum. The event, “From the War on Gaza to Change in Syria: Shifting...
February 26, 2025
Israel SitRep: February 26, 2025
Today’s Issue: | IDF Presents Kibbutz Nahal Oz Members With Findings of October 7 Probe | IDF’s Aman Military Intelligence Implements Significant Changes Following Investigations Into October 7 Failures...
February 26, 2025
‘We Will Not Allow Southern Syria to Become Southern Lebanon’: Israeli Warplanes Strike Military Targets in Syria
Israel Strikes Military Sites: The Israeli Air Force conducted airstrikes on Syrian territory on February 25, including the town of Kisweh, approximately 12 miles south of Damascus,...
February 26, 2025
An ‘Inconceivable Atrocity’: Uncle of Shiri Bibas Joins October 7 Survivors’ Lawsuit Targeting Qatari Network Al Jazeera
Complaint Against Al Jazeera Filed With Federal Court: Morris Schneider, the uncle of Shiri Bibas — the Israeli hostage murdered in Gaza along with her two young sons, Ariel and...
February 26, 2025
Meet Vladimir Putin
Churchill famously called Russia “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Is the same true of Vladimir Putin, who has ruled Russia with an increasingly tight fist since 1999? I don’t...
February 25, 2025
Attacked by ‘Those We Helped’: Murdered Israeli Hostage Oded Lifshitz Eulogized by Wife at Funeral
Lifshitz Advocated for Palestinian Rights: The wife of slain Israeli hostage Oded Lifshitz, 83, lamented during a eulogy at her husband’s funeral on February 25 that he was killed...
February 25, 2025
‘The Egyptian Solution’: Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid Unveils Peace Plan for Gaza
Enabling Israel to ‘Divorce’ Itself From Gaza: Yair Lapid, Israel’s former prime minister and currently the leader of the parliamentary opposition in the Knesset, unveiled...
February 25, 2025
The United States Must Become the AI Arsenal of Democracy
The United States confronts an adversary far more technologically savvy than any of those that came before. As with the Cold War, both Washington and Beijing view dominance over science and technology...
February 25, 2025
Hassan Nasrallah May Be Dead, but at His Funeral, Hezbollah Showed It’s Alive and Kicking
Excerpt Israel has defeated Hezbollah, conclusively and undeniably, yet the group is far from destroyed. The proof: the massive turnout for Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral on Sunday, demonstrating...
February 25, 2025
What DeepSeek taught us about the gaps in US tech strategy
In January, DeepSeek – then a relatively obscure Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up – turned the global tech ecosystem upside down.
February 25, 2025
Missed Milestones
February 25, 2025
Ship Carrying Chemical for Missile Development Docks in Iran
America’s authoritarian adversaries continue to deepen their military ties. A container ship carrying 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate from China — a precursor chemical used to make ammonium perchlorate,...
February 25, 2025
Lawsuit Alleges Hamas Coordinated With Campus Protestors and Media in U.S.
U.S. Nonprofit Coordinated with Hamas: Three Israelis who were held as hostages by Hamas filed a lawsuit on February 21 against an American tax-exempt organization, People Media...
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