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October 19, 2025
Covert Action Cover to Cover
The Directorate of Operations in the Central Intelligence Agency wasn’t initially a big fan of what might be its two most consequential Cold War covert actions: the delivery of Stinger missiles to the...
October 18, 2025
Meeting Zelenskyy, Trump Signals Reluctance on Sending Cruise Missiles to Ukraine
Trump Cautious on Tomahawks: U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on October 17, where the leaders discussed the possibility...
October 18, 2025
The Case for a Second Front in the War on Fentanyl
It is time for a maximum pressure campaign targeting the Chinese entities fueling America’s fentanyl epidemic. On October 6, the Treasury Department announced a new round of sanctions on a Mexican...
October 18, 2025
Iran threatens nuclear weaponization ambitions
Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, the president of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University and one of the Islamic Republic’s prominent nuclear scientists, offered a rare glimpse into Tehran’s calculus behind weaponization. During...
October 17, 2025
Kurdish-Led SDF Reportedly Reaches Agreement to Merge With Syrian Armed Forces
Integration Agreement Reached: The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the main military force in northeastern Syria, has agreed in principle to integrate into the Syrian...
October 17, 2025
Hezbollah holds massive ‘Sayyed’s Generations’ scouting event in Beirut
On Sunday, October 12, Hezbollah hosted a massive scouting event in Beirut’s Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Lebanon’s largest sporting complex. The event was dubbed “The Sayyed’s Generations”...
October 17, 2025
To Distract From Its Own Violations, Russia Accuses Ukraine Anew of Manufacturing Chemical Weapons
Russia has made fresh claims that Ukraine is manufacturing chemical weapons, even though every past claim has turned out to be groundless. Moscow leveled the new accusation at a meeting of the Organization...
October 17, 2025
Israel Increasing Pressure on Hamas to Return Remaining 19 Deceased Hostages
Pressure on Hamas to Comply With Ceasefire: Israel is increasing pressure on Hamas to return the 19 remaining deceased hostages, as stipulated by phase one of U.S. President Donald...
October 17, 2025
Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Personal Protective Equipment, Medical Consumables, and Medical Equipment, Including Devices
October 17, 2025
Welcome to the Era of Mutually Assured Disruption
Excerpt The tenuous trade truce between Washington and Beijing has collapsed. What lies ahead is less a conventional trade war and more of a sustained struggle in which both powers codify coercion into...
October 17, 2025
SDF moves forward with integration into new Syrian security forces
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) based in eastern Syria are taking steps to integrate into the security forces led by the Syrian transitional government in Damascus. “The Syrian government...
October 17, 2025
Fifty years since the UN’s ‘Zionism is racism’ resolution
In less than a month, we’ll be marking 50 years since the U.N. General Assembly gave its blessing to the worst antisemitic canard of the postwar era: that Zionism, the national liberation movement of...
October 17, 2025
The UK Is Under Cyberattack, but Streamlined Incident Reporting Can Improve Resilience
Cyber battles are raging across the United Kingdom, with the country facing a “50% increase in highly significant [cyber] incidents” over a 12-month period, according to the National Cyber Security...
October 17, 2025
Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Robotics and Industrial Machinery
October 17, 2025
Russia’s shortage of workers is so severe that it is luring foreigners into sweatshops
Russia’s economy has proven remarkably resilient, despite years of sanctions and economic statecraft. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t deep cracks in Russia’s unstable economic foundation,...
October 17, 2025
The U.S. Will Rely on China To Defend Against the Next Pandemic
Despite the lessons of the pandemic, America’s biodefense system increasingly relies on Chinese components. On October 14, the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), a body that sets domestic quality standards for...
October 16, 2025
Houthis signal pause on attacks on Israel after Gaza ceasefire, detail attacks during the conflict
Abdulmalik al Houthi, the leader of the Iran-backed terror group that rules northern Yemen, indicated cautious acceptance of the ceasefire that Israel and Hamas agreed to on October...
October 16, 2025
Erdogan’s Turkey Wants to Be a Key Player in Post-war Gaza. It’s a Fantasy
Turkey is eager to play a central role in shaping Gaza’s future following the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. U.S. President Donald Trump publicly thanked his Turkish counterpart,...
October 16, 2025
Houthi Chief of Staff Al-Ghamari Confirmed Dead Months After Israeli Targeted Strike
Elimination Confirmed: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on October 16 that the former chief of staff of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, Lt. Gen. Muhammad al-Ghamari,...
October 16, 2025
Iraqi parliamentary candidate killed in car bombing
Safaa al Mashhadani, a Sunni Iraqi parliamentary candidate who served on the Baghdad Provincial Council, was killed by a car bomb, The National reported on October 15. Mashhadani, a candidate...
October 16, 2025
The Gaza Peace Deal Has One Huge Problem: Hamas Won’t Disarm
As Gaza Ceasefire Begins, Hamas Is Already Reasserting Control Disarming Hamas is key to the U.S.-backed deal to end the Gaza war. The first phase of the agreement signed Oct....
October 16, 2025
Released Israeli Hostages Reveal Brutal Treatment at Hands of Hamas Captors
New Hostage Accounts Confirm Depravity of Hamas: After Hamas released the remaining 20 living hostages from Gaza on October 13 in exchange for approximately 2,000 Palestinian prisoners...
October 16, 2025
Trump says ‘disarm’ Hezbollah – Beirut says ‘contain’ Hezbollah
In his speech before Knesset, President Trump hailed Lebanon, saying its government is on its way to disarming Hezbollah and choosing peace with Israel. While the Lebanese effort looks real, Beirut has...
October 16, 2025
50 Years of Anti-Zionist Propaganda: Why the UN’s ‘Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People’ Must Be Dismantled
October 16, 2025
Al Jazeera Remains a Leopard That Can’t Change Its Spots
Word on the street is that Al Jazeera is softening its tone. According to Amit Segal, Al Jazeera’s Qatari owners are supposedly “carrying out a purge” as “part of an understanding” with Washington to “reduce the amount of incitement” that the channel creates. An unnamed intelligence official told the Israeli journalist that “Hamas is very unhappy with the changes at Al Jazeera” and even had “an apology” call with the network.
October 15, 2025
Will Trump’s Gaza peace deal fail?
‘They’re going to disarm, because they said they were going to disarm,’ President Donald Trump thundered from the White House on Tuesday, ‘If they...
October 15, 2025
Hamas Turns Its Guns on Gaza’s Clans
Hamas has begun settling scores in the Gaza Strip. In the wake of the ceasefire and release of Israel’s hostages, the terrorist group is targeting clans and families with whom it has long-standing feuds....
October 15, 2025
The Houthi Leader Isn’t a Designated Terrorist — He Should Be
In the U.S. government’s back-and-forth over designating the Houthis as a terrorist organization, the group’s head, Abdulmalik al-Houthi, fell through the cracks. Abdulmalik has led the group through...
October 15, 2025
Ukraine Alleges China Provides Satellite Imagery To Support Russian Strikes
Ukraine accused China of taking its support for Russia’s illegal invasion to new heights — specifically, hundreds of miles above the Earth. On October 4, an official from Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence...
October 15, 2025
Hamas cracks down on rival clans and militias in Gaza
On October 13, the Hamas-affiliated Arrow Unit publicly executed eight members of Gaza’s Doghmush clan on charges of allegedly collaborating with Israel. Since the ceasefire between Palestinian factions...
October 15, 2025
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa Meets With Putin in Moscow
Sharaa in Russia: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on October 15, aiming to “restore and define the nature of this relationship”...
October 15, 2025
Buying the Hatchet
In 2019, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared that “the den of terrorists must be destroyed.” He was referring Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the militant group whose leader,...
October 15, 2025
Hamas begins transfer of deceased hostages, Israel threatens to limit aid due to slow pace
On October 13, Hamas began to transfer the bodies of 28 deceased hostages that it holds in Gaza, all of which, under the terms of the recent ceasefire agreement, it was supposed to hand over when it released 20...
October 15, 2025
Snapback Isn’t Enough: Europe Must Outlaw the IRGC
The Threat of the IRGC in Europe Iran’s...
October 15, 2025
Pakistan, Afghan Taliban agree to ceasefire after another clash along the border
Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after their forces exchanged fire across the border on October 15. The two countries have clashed over the past month as the Movement of the...
October 15, 2025
North Korean Military Parade Showcases Enhanced Weaponry and Ties With China and Russia
When North Korea’s neighbors paid a visit to Pyongyang on October 10, Kim Jong-Un treated them to a tightly orchestrated spectacle. Guests, including Chinese Premier Li Qiang, former Russian President...
October 15, 2025
The news from Gaza
Gazans are celebrating. For the past few days, large crowds of healthy, energetic men, women, and children have been cheering, dancing in the streets, and chanting “Allahu Akbar!” – all recorded...
October 14, 2025
Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: October 6–12, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between October 6 and October 12, 2025. Activities intensified last week relative to a trend over the...
October 14, 2025
Trump and Zelenskyy Expected To Discuss Air Defense and Long-Range Missiles at Upcoming White House Meeting
Zelenskyy Returning to White House: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the United States on October 17 for his third meeting with President Donald Trump at the White...
October 14, 2025
Egypt Says 15 Palestinian Technocrats Approved To Manage Post-War Gaza
Post-War Management Approved: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on October 13 that 15 so far unnamed Palestinian technocrats have been approved in conjunction with Israel...
October 14, 2025
5 Ways the U.S. Should Retain and Upgrade America’s Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Congress would be smart to ensure the survival and reform of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) – America’s development bank that invests in private sector projects in developing...
October 14, 2025
‘Blatant Violation Of The Deal’: Israel Closes Rafah Border Crossing After Hamas Fails To Release All 28 Deceased Hostages
Rafah Border Crossing Closes: Israel decided to close the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt on October 14 after Hamas released the remains of only four of the 28 slain hostages....
October 14, 2025
What will the Palestine deal unleash?
Amid the immediate joy of the hostage families, and the victorious crowing of the American President, Gaza’s peace plan may yet produce a long truce. Beyond the politicking of outsiders — Donald Trump’s...
October 14, 2025
After Gaza’s Deal, A Momentum in the Region for More Peace Stability in Syria, Lebanon?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for a peace deal to end the Gaza war has proven to be initially successful. He was able to bring together delegations from Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, and Hamas in...
October 13, 2025
Dozens Killed in Bloody Clashes Between Hamas and Rival Armed Clan in Gaza City
Clashes Result in Heavy Death Toll: Eight Hamas terrorists and 19 members of the rival Doghmush clan were killed during armed clashes on October 11-12. Media outlets in Gaza also...
October 13, 2025
Hamas frees 20 hostages in wake of US-backed deal
On October 13, Hamas freed the last 20 living hostages it had held in the Gaza Strip for two years, complying with the deal that it and Israel agreed to on October 8 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt....
October 13, 2025
How the Iranian regime’s foreign proxies suppress Iranian protestors
It is no secret that the Islamic Republic has long sponsored proxy groups abroad, yet far less is known about how these same networks have been used to protect the regime at home. Lebanese Hezbollah, Iraqi...
October 13, 2025
Trump Addresses Knesset as All Living Hostages Return to Israel From Hamas Captivity
Latest Developments Trump Warmly Received by Knesset: President Donald Trump heralded a new “golden age for the Middle East” during a historic address to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on...
October 13, 2025
The Shake-Up at Al Jazeera: Motion or Real Movement?
Is the shake-up at Al Jazeera mere motion or does it entail real movement away from the media network’s role as a vehicle for pro-Hamas propaganda? Eyebrows around Washington were raised when a recent piece in...
October 12, 2025
Trump to Co-Chair Summit on Gaza’s Future During Middle East Visit
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