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February 6, 2024
The Middle East could get even uglier, with Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah ready to wage war on Israel
A brutal war is looming between the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah and Israel. The Iran-backed radicals began firing anti-tank missiles and drones at Israel Oct. 8, one day after Hamas carried...
February 6, 2024
Tyrants and expendable migrants: Dictators play with people’s lives to gain leverage
Illegal immigration through the U.S.-Mexican border is at an all-time high, straining public resources and fueling political tension in the United States. Much of what moves migrants to undertake the...
February 6, 2024
Iran Reportedly Used UK Banks to Evade U.S. Sanctions
Iran used two banks in the United Kingdom to evade U.S. sanctions via front companies secretly owned by Iran’s Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC), the Financial Times reported...
February 6, 2024
Blinken Visits Saudi Arabia to Broker Gaza Deal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on February 5 to discuss a deal that would pause the Gaza war and free the remaining hostages....
February 6, 2024
Majority of Israelis Oppose Palestinian Statehood Due to Security Threats
The majority of Israelis oppose the creation of a Palestinian state, even as part of a U.S.-brokered deal that would forge formal relations with Saudi Arabia, a poll published on...
February 6, 2024
Israel’s war cabinet charts next steps in Gaza
Israeli political leadership says it is beginning to see signs of victory in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told troops on February 5 that 75% of Hamas battalions have been defeated in...
February 6, 2024
Hezbollah Rocket Attack Wounds Two Israeli Soldiers
Hezbollah terrorists wounded two Israeli soldiers in a rocket attack on northern Israel on February 6. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that “terrorists launched several projectiles...
February 6, 2024
As US, Iran trade blows, Afghans and Kurds in Syria may pay price
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq targeted US forces in Jordan on January 27, killing three Americans; the US responded this past Friday, striking 85 targets in Iraq and Syria. Many of the targets were empty...
February 6, 2024
Can US airpower stop the threats in Yemen, Iraq and Syria?
US Central Command has said that the United States carried out airstrikes on two Houthi drone boats on Monday, the latest in numerous US-UK strikes against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. The Houthis...
February 6, 2024
Iranian media lifts veil on Iran’s kamikaze drone program
Iranian pro-government Tasnim News published an important, long article on Tuesday detailing the history and extent of Iran’s kamikaze drone program. The aircrafts are known as “one-way”...
February 5, 2024
Israel Facilitates Record Aid to Gaza
Israel facilitated “the highest number of humanitarian aid trucks inspected and transferred in one day since the start of the war,” Jerusalem reported on February 5 regarding...
February 5, 2024
Egypt Threatens to Suspend Peace Treaty With Israel
Cairo threatened to suspend its peace treaty with Israel if civilians in Gaza are evacuated to Egypt, according to reports on February 5. “If even one Palestinian refugee crosses...
February 5, 2024
Israel Raids Khan Younis Brigade Compound
Israeli soldiers raided the headquarters of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on February 4. The compound, known as the al-Qadsia outpost, served...
February 5, 2024
Bipartisan Coalitions Urge Biden to Resume Enforcement of Iran Oil Sanctions
Bipartisan coalitions in the House and Senate urged President Joe Biden on January 24 to enforce U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil. Biden’s deliberate non-enforcement of sanctions has enabled Iran to earn...
February 5, 2024
US presence in the Middle East at a critical junction
Ever since oil was first found in Persia (now Iran) in 1908, and later in Saudi Arabia (1938), the US has steadily increased its interest and presence in the region, even after the US has become energy...
February 5, 2024
Here’s how to help solve Ukraine’s drone shortage problem
Drones and other unmanned systems are a “central driver” of the Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv’s top general observed in an op-ed published this month. In terms of battlefield innovation, Ukraine’s...
February 5, 2024
People’s Republic of China Relationship
February 5, 2024
Hezbollah Fires Rockets at Northern Israeli City of Nahariya
The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah fired two rockets toward the northern Israeli city of Nahariya on February 5. The rockets fell in an open area, The Jerusalem Post reported....
February 5, 2024
Israel SitRep: Feb. 5, 2024
Today’s Issue: Givati Brigade Soldiers Raid Al-Qadsia, Where Hamas Trained for October 7 Attacks | Border Police Foil Knife West Bank Attack, Arrest 33 Wanted Persons | IDF Carries Out Airstrikes against...
February 5, 2024
Hezbollah rocket fire continues as US, French diplomats arrive in region
Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Hezbollah about further escalation along Israel’s northern border on February 4 during his visit to the Tel Nof airbase in central Israel. “Each attack...
February 4, 2024
Understanding the Hezbollah threat, by the numbers
Israel is now focused on the threat from Hezbollah, which has fired more than 2,000 rockets and dozens of anti-tank guided missiles and drones at Israel from October 8 to January 9. The Hezbollah...
February 4, 2024
US airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthis shows resilience
A series of important airstrikes on the evening of February 3 targeted the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. These are one of a series of rounds of airstrikes over the past month that are intended...
February 4, 2024
Hamas Combat Battalions Down 70%
Israeli forces have dismantled 17 of Hamas’s 24 combat battalions in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on February 4. The other seven Hamas battalions...
February 4, 2024
Biden response strikes only a distraction unless they target, destroy top Iranian military leaders, capabilities
Iran-backed terrorist proxies recently killed three American soldiers and wounded more than 40. After a week of publicly telegraphing their plans to strike back, the Biden administration over the...
February 3, 2024
Israel Lifts Veil on Strikes Against Hezbollah in Syria
Israeli air and land forces have struck more than 50 Hezbollah targets in Syria since the Gaza war began, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) disclosed on February 3. In a televised...
February 3, 2024
Why are Iran and its proxies unlikely to be deterred by US strikes?
Iranian pro-government media attempted to ignore the US airstrikes on pro-Iran militias that took place over the weekend. Even though the US struck half a dozen sites with dozens of munitions,...
February 3, 2024
U.S. Strikes IRGC and Iranian-Backed Proxies in Iraq and Syria
U.S. forces began retaliatory strikes on February 2 against Iran-backed Shiite militias and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia group targets...
February 2, 2024
Pentagon: Deadly Attack on U.S. Soldiers Facilitated by Iran
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on February 1 that the Pentagon believes that Iranian-sponsored and -funded proxy groups conducted the recent attack in Jordan that took the lives...
February 2, 2024
Israeli Airstrike Reportedly Targets Iranian Assets in Damascus
An alleged Israeli airstrike in Damascus on February 2 killed an advisor in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The strike comes one day after reports surfaced that...
February 2, 2024
Don’t Forget the Other U.N. Scandal in the Middle East
The bar is high in the competition for worst U.N. scandal. Sexual abuse and exploitation by peacekeepers across Africa? Killing thousands with cholera by polluting the Haitian water supply? Disturbing...
February 2, 2024
This man is Israel’s face and voice to the Arabic-speaking world
On the evening of October 17, ten days after Hamas launched its massive genocidal attack on Israel, there was an explosion in the parking lot of a hospital in Gaza City. Within an hour, a number of media...
February 2, 2024
Hezbollah Threats Prevent Israeli Return to Northern Border Communities
Israel will return evacuated residents to the northern border only when it is safe for them to go home, said Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi on February 1....
February 2, 2024
Should America strike back at Iran?
There’s no denying Iran’s proxy forces are great value for money. The regime’s support for its allied militias, including the Lebanese Hizbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, probably doesn’t exceed...
February 2, 2024
Cyber Resilience Is Key To Protecting U.S. Naval Manufacturing
Regulatory filings last month have revealed new information about the amount of personal information compromised in a ransomware attack on Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), the U.S. subsidiary of an Italian...
February 2, 2024
Israel SitRep: Feb. 2, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF’s 199th Division Seizes 100,000 Shekels and Documents, Kills Terrorists | Media Reports: IRGC Advisor Killed in Airstrike near Damascus | IDF Forces Continue Operations in Khan Younis,...
February 2, 2024
Islamic State describes intense campaign against Shabaab in northern Somalia
In the latest issue of the Islamic State’s weekly Al-Naba newsletter, the global jihadist organization describes in detail a fierce campaign its so-called Somali Province waged against Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s...
February 2, 2024
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: February
Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They...
February 2, 2024
U.S. strikes target IRGC and affiliated militias in Iraq and Syria
U.S. airstrikes targeted sites in Iraq and Syria belonging to the IRGC and Iranian-backed militias. The strikes are a response to the killing and wounding of American soldiers in Jordan on Jan....
February 1, 2024
Hamas Smashed in Khan Younis
Israeli forces have dismantled Hamas’s brigade in Khan Younis, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on February 1, updating the enemy casualty toll in the Gaza war to 20,000. “They...
February 1, 2024
Iran Evacuates IRGC Officers From Syria
Iran is pulling senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers out of Syria after facing a series of targeted airstrikes against its personnel, Reuters reported on February...
February 1, 2024
Israel: Find UNRWA Successor Now
Israel urged world powers on February 1 to find alternatives to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) after the Hamas-tainted organization threatened to cease Gaza operations...
February 1, 2024
Israel’s Day in Court and the Future of Unrwa
Regarding your editorial “The U.N.’s War on Israel” (Dec. 27): The International Court of Justice’s provisional order entirely ignored Hamas’s use of human shields and how that has increased...
February 1, 2024
Israel Destroys Long-Range Missile Launcher in Gaza
An Israeli fighter jet destroyed a long-range missile launcher in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on February 1. On January 29, Hamas...
February 1, 2024
Can the Iranian initiative in the Middle East be reversed?
On January 27 Iranian-backed militias from Iraq launched a Shahed-style drone at a facility in Jordan where US soldiers are located. They killed three Americans. Overnight between January 31 and February...
February 1, 2024
As Israel’s southern Sderot evacuees return, questions remain over Gaza border future
Sderot is the largest of the cities that Israel evacuated in the wake of the Hamas attack on October 7. For two decades, the city was a symbol of Israel’s steadfastness and resilience in the face...
February 1, 2024
Al Qaeda opens 8 new training camps, 5 madrasas, and a facilitation network to Iran in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda opened eight new training camps, five madrasas, a weapons depot and safe houses in Afghanistan that are used to facilitate the movement of its members to and from Iran. Additionally, “the relationship...
February 1, 2024
U.S. and Houthis continue to trade fire in and off the coast of Yemen
Over the past three days, the Houthis have launched anti-ship cruise and ballistic missiles as well as drones in three separate attacks. One of the Houthi missiles came dangerously close to striking a...
February 1, 2024
IDF contends with threats in northern Gaza
Israel Defense Forces eliminated fifteen Hamas terrorists in northern Gaza, the IDF said on January 31. In addition, two IDF soldiers — one of them from the elite air force Shaldag unit and...
January 31, 2024
Biden needs to follow Trump’s lead on Iran
The death of three US service members in Jordan Sunday, along with more than 40 injured, is just the latest – and deadliest – example of Iranian-backed militias targeting American forces in the Middle...
January 31, 2024
EU Announces Mission to Protect Red Sea Shipping Against Houthis
The European Union (EU) announced on January 31 that it is inaugurating a mission in the Red Sea to defend commercial vessels from attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels....
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