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March 24, 2026 Iran’s Iraqi Militias Are Coming for US Troops Iraqi militias have bombarded US assets in Iraq for weeks. Flames rose from the embassy compound on March 17 while rockets and drones sought to evade its air defenses. The US military... March 24, 2026 Iran-linked group claims arson attacks in Antwerp and London On March 23, a shadowy Iran-linked organization called Ashab al Yamin claimed responsibility for setting a vehicle ablaze in Antwerp’s Jewish Quarter. The day before, the group said it was behind an... March 24, 2026 The Islamic State’s targeting of a Chinese mine in Congo proves the group is a resilient threat Between March 11 and 12, the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP) attacked and destroyed a Chinese-owned mine in Muchacha in Congo’s Ituri Province, more than 50 kilometers outside of the... March 24, 2026 Trump Must Hold The Line On The Cuba Oil Embargo The communist dictatorship in Cuba has never been closer to collapse. Thankfully, the cadre of leftist American activists and influencers that descended on Havana this week will not be able to save it.... March 24, 2026 Turkey’s Mission to Put an End to the Iran War Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan did not mince words as he toured the Middle East as the war in the region escalated: “It should be especially noted that the primary responsible party... March 23, 2026 Global repercussions of transnational repression March 23, 2026 Europe’s Iran Moment A Regime at Breaking Point ... March 23, 2026 Trump acted militarily, now the US must prevent Iran’s ayatollahs from rebuilding President Donald Trump made a bold and consequential decision to confront one of the most destabilizing regimes in the world. By joining Israel in striking the Islamic Republic’s military infrastructure,... March 23, 2026 Cryptography Bill of Materials (CBOM): Why Every Encryption Ecosystem Needs One – and Fast We’ve learned the hard way that knowing what’s in your software supply chain matters. The Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) progressed from a niche best practice to government regulation codified... March 23, 2026 Iran and proxies continue attacking regional airports, energy facilities, military bases, and residential areas (March 20-23 updates) Between March 20 and March 23, Iran and its allied militias continued launching drones, missiles, and rockets against Arab countries. The attacks targeted energy infrastructure, airports, military bases,... March 23, 2026 U.S. Intelligence Community Omits Key Russian Threat in Annual Assessment Moscow’s favorite color in the Arctic is gray. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) Annual Threat Assessment correctly identifies Russia as the dominant Arctic threat and... March 23, 2026 Why Do We Allow Iran into American Classrooms? Second graders are learning that non-Muslims are “the worst of all creatures” at the Brighter Horizons Academy near Dallas, Texas, according to a recent report by the Middle East Forum. The curriculum... March 22, 2026 The One Ally We Have in Dealing With Hormuz Is A Potent One In your editorial “The Battle for the Strait of Hormuz” (March 17), you warn that Tehran’s tanker blockade is designed to raise the costs of the conflict so President Trump ends military... March 22, 2026 Shabaab celebrates October attack on Mogadishu prison in new video In a new video posted online as a so-called Eid celebration, Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, highlighted and celebrated last year’s assault on the Godka Jilacow prison in Mogadishu, which... March 22, 2026 Israel eliminates 3 Hamas members operating in Lebanon The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on March 22 that it killed Walid Muhammad Dib, a Hamas financial official, in Lebanon. Two other Hamas operatives in Lebanon were killed by the IDF over the past... March 21, 2026 Funding the Enemy: Trump Rolls Back Sanctions on Iran Without Any Guardrails On the evening of March 20, the Trump administration issued Iran General License U (GL U), a one-month authorization for the sale of what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says will be approximately 140... March 20, 2026 This missile just proved itself in Iran. The US needs more, ASAP Pentagon officials report that the ground-launched Precision Strike Missile—PrSM for short—made a successful combat debut in the opening hours of the war on Iran. The new, now-proven ground-launched... March 20, 2026 Defying Trump, Swiping at Israel: Pedro Sanchez’s Brilliant, Empty Foreign Policy Spain formally withdrew its ambassador from Israel on March 11. The announcement, published in the Boletin Oficial del Estado, terminated the appointment of Ana Maria Salomon Perez, downgrading Madrid’s... March 20, 2026 Kuwait and UAE report disrupting domestic Hezbollah cells Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates claimed to have disrupted several terror cells linked to Hezbollah over the past week. Both Persian Gulf countries alleged that their security forces identified networks... March 20, 2026 Exposure of Major Chinese-Linked Chip Smuggling Operations Shows Limits of Industry Self-Policing China is still behind the United States in the AI race, but it is willing to pay a lot to catch up fast. The Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an indictment on March 19 against Yih-Shyan Liaw, Ruei-Tsang... March 20, 2026 Strikes continue hitting Iran-backed Iraqi militias, Kataib Hezbollah declares temporary US embassy ceasefire Airstrikes, likely conducted by the United States as part of the US-Israeli operation against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies, have continued hitting Iran-backed militias in Iraq. Many of... March 20, 2026 South African Government Continues Antagonizing U.S. South Africa is defiant, refusing to distance itself from the Islamic Republic despite U.S. Ambassador Brent Bozell stating that “an association with Iran is an impediment to good relations with the... March 20, 2026 Death of a Holocaust denier Ali Larijani, the 67-year-old former head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, died a terrorist’s death last week. For much of his career, however, he lived as a diplomat, and was feted as... March 20, 2026 Treasury Lifts Sanctions on Turkish National Who Aided Russia’s Illegal War on Ukraine A Turkish entrepreneur conducting extensive trade with Russia is the subject of an unusual decision by the U.S. Treasury Department to lift sanctions against him and three of his companies. Berk... March 19, 2026 Will Trump Finish the Job in Iran? Excerpt Donald Trump may find a kindred spirit in Lyndon Johnson. In the 1968 Tet Offensive, U.S. forces crushed the Viet Cong, dealing a near-fatal blow to the communist insurgency. But the... March 19, 2026 Japanese Prime Minister Looks To Balance Regional Issues With Iran War During Meeting With Trump Tokyo is looking to support the United States during its ongoing war with Iran. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with President Donald Trump on March 19 to discuss the possibility of... March 19, 2026 Forging a New Critical Minerals Reality March 19, 2026 Operation Roaring Lion Is Rewriting the Rules of War Against Iran Operation Roaring Lion, Israel’s ongoing military campaign against the clerical regime in Iran, should not be understood as a short-duration punitive campaign. It is rather a sustained military operation... March 19, 2026 Georgia’s Turn Toward China’s Financial System Georgia, once Washington’s closest partner in the Caucasus region, is strengthening its economic ties with Beijing. Four Georgian banks have applied to join China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System... March 19, 2026 Deepfakes on the Front Lines: Iran’s AI Disinformation Campaign The war with Iran has triggered a torrent of disturbing AI-generated imagery, videos, and narratives circulating widely on social media — such as smoke billowing from a Bahraini high-rise or rockets... March 19, 2026 IDF Strikes Key Bridges Over Lebanon’s Litani River Used by Hezbollah IDF Hits Bridges Used by Hezbollah: The IDF said on March 18 that it had struck at least two bridges crossing the Litani River in Lebanon. According to Israel, “Hezbollah …... March 19, 2026 Iranian-backed militias escalate attacks in Iraq, send mixed signals on next steps Iranian-backed militias have continued to carry out dozens of attacks in Iraq over the past week, including targeting the US Embassy in Baghdad and the United Arab Emirates consulate in... March 19, 2026 Iranian drones and missiles hit ports, oil and gas facilities, and US bases in the region (March 17-19 updates) Between March 17 and March 19, Iran and its allied militias continued launching drones, missiles, and rockets across the Middle East, targeting energy infrastructure, airports, military bases, diplomatic... March 19, 2026 West Bloomfield terror attack highlights Hezbollah connections within Shiite Lebanese community in US Last week, ABC News reported that Iran’s Islamic regime may have activated sleeper cells in the United States to launch terror attacks in response to the US and Israeli military campaign against it.... March 19, 2026 Operational gains against Iran continue, but threats to US forces persist The United States, along with its Israeli partners, continues to make considerable progress toward its military objectives of removing Iran’s primary military means to threaten the region in the third... March 19, 2026 Yemen, the unfinished business America ignores at its peril As thousands of drones and missiles fly through the skies of the Middle East targeting the United States and its allies, one group’s weapons are notably absent — the Islamic Republic of Iran’s... March 19, 2026 Strengthening Transparency, Eligibility, and Jurisdictional Scope in Investment Reviews March 19, 2026 There’s Only One Path to Victory in Iran In less than three weeks, the United States and Israel have destroyed many of the military assets Iran has used to menace the Middle East for decades. The Pentagon reported 15,000 strikes in the first 10 days, which not only blew up launchers, missiles and ships; they also leveled some of the production sites that once replenished Iran’s arsenal. March 18, 2026 Syria Can Squeeze Hezbollah, But Caution Is Necessary Syrian forces may be returning to Lebanon more than twenty years after Damascus withdrew its military from its smaller neighbor’s territory. Reuters reported on March 17 that the... March 18, 2026 Israel Targets Tehran Regime’s Repression Infrastructure Israel Targets Tehran Regime’s Repression Force: Israel escalated its strikes against members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Basij paramilitary force in Iran on March... March 18, 2026 Lebanons’ second chance When Hezbollah launched attacks on northern Israel on October 8, 2023, ostensibly in solidarity with Hamas, Israel initially considered confronting its stronger northern adversary first before shifting... March 18, 2026 NIH Controlled-Access Data Policy and Proposed Revisions to NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy March 18, 2026 US and Israel strike more military targets, plus Iran’s leadership, repression units, and energy sites (March 17-18 updates) The US campaign against Iran has continued to degrade the Islamic Republic’s military capacity, with thousands of targets struck, including missile infrastructure, air defenses, drone systems, and naval... March 18, 2026 Naim Qassem says Hezbollah will continue fighting Israel, frames war as defense of Lebanon On March 13, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gave his second speech since the renewal of Hezbollah’s war with Israel on March 2. The speech marked the anniversary of Qods Day, an event... March 18, 2026 The final battle? War with Iran was inevitable, but it can’t end now Moments that can reshape the globe rarely arrive, but this may be one of them. Days after the United States and Israel turned the tables on the world’s... March 18, 2026 10 major Iranian naval targets struck in Operation Epic Fury Head of US Central Command (CENTCOM) Admiral Brad Cooper said on March 16 that the United States has destroyed over 100 Iranian naval vessels. President Trump identified crippling the... March 18, 2026 Russia Sanctions Relief Offers Moscow a Windfall, Little Relief to Energy Markets Russia is getting a financial boost from an unexpected source: the U.S. Treasury Department. On March 12, the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a one-month general license authorizing... March 18, 2026 Strait talk Forty-seven years ago, the Islamic Republic of Iran vowed “Marg bar Amrika!” – “Death to America!” That declaration of war was followed by multiple acts of war from the 1979 seizure... March 17, 2026 Domestic Politics May Impede Vietnam’s Growing Relationship With the U.S. Vietnam is performing a balancing act, but it’s unclear how long it can keep the plates spinning. On March 16, Vietnam held its first ever “3+3” summit with China, a meeting that featured both... March 17, 2026 Russian Hypocrisy on Display at the UN on Iran’s Behalf Ties to the Persian Gulf region are “among Russia’s foreign policy top priorities,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared during a ministerial meeting with Arab Gulf states in the resort...

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