Afghanistan

September 19, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban rejects US attempt to return to Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base

The Taliban immediately spurned US efforts to return to Bagram Air Base after President Donald Trump said, “We want that base back” on September 18, 2021. Bagram Air Base was the key hub for operations...

September 17, 2025 | Cleo Paskal |

Indian Re-emergence and the Foreign Policy Boom

Look into India’s eyes today and you’ll see it—quiet, youthful confidence reshaping the nation and its place in the world.

September 17, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

All wars must end

But 24 years after 9/11, the War on the West is still going strong

September 14, 2025 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Who Remembers Afghanistan?

REVIEW: 'To Lose A War: The Fall and Rise of the Taliban' by Jon Lee Anderson

September 9, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel’s Strike on Hamas in Qatar is a Game-Changer

Israel Reaches Out and Hits Hamas in Qatar On September 9, Israel carried out a strike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar. The brazen daylight attack took place in Doha, the capital of a major non-NATO...

September 8, 2025 | Enia Krivine |

A Foundation Led by a Terror Sympathizer Is Waging Lawfare Against Israel

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) — a Belgium-based advocacy organization — is hunting IDF soldiers and government officials all over the world, attempting to manipulate the international legal...

September 5, 2025 | |

U.S. Sanctions Palestinian NGOs for Directly Engaging with ICC Investigation Against Israel

Three Palestinian NGOs Sanctioned: On September 4, the United States imposed sanctions on three Palestinian NGOs for having “directly engaged in efforts by the International Criminal...

September 3, 2025 | Caleb Weiss |

Iraqi intel busts Islamic State financial network in West Africa

The Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) announced yesterday that it rolled up an Islamic State (IS) financial network that spanned three unspecified West African countries. According to Iraqi media...

August 28, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

Qatar’s growing footprint in Africa

Qatar has spent the summer of 2025 expanding its financial and political involvement in the African continent. On August 26, Qatari royal Sheikh Mansour bin Jabor bin Jassim al Thani visited Mozambique...

August 26, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Push for Regime Change in Syria: The Jihadi Highway

Syria’s civil war broke out in March 2011, in reaction to the brutal crackdown by the regime of Bashar al-Asad of popular protests that were part of the wider Arab Spring. In supporting the Syrian...

August 21, 2025 | Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula donates aid to Gaza residents

The Shahada News Agency, a propaganda arm of Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, reported on August 19 that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) successfully sent aid to needy Palestinians...

August 20, 2025 | |

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Four ICC Officials

Fresh Sanctions Against ICC: The U.S. State Department issued fresh sanctions against four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges and prosecutors on August 20 as part of President...

August 16, 2025 | Angela Howard, Ivana Stradner

Ukraine’s Policymakers Must Remain Accountable for Corruption

Ukraine is fighting to defend its democracy – from internal and external threats. The largest demonstrations to rock Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale war with Russia...

August 12, 2025 | Alexander B. Gray, Cleo Paskal

U.S. can not afford to lose Diego Garcia

The base's land could soon be owned by China-tied Mauritius

August 1, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

UN report shows Islamic State and Al Qaeda exploiting post-Assad chaos in Syria

On July 29, the United Nations Security Council Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team released its latest report detailing terrorist group activities around the world. The section...

July 31, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

A Thirsty Iran Provides an Opening for the U.S.

Rivers are running dry, cities are shutting down, and Iranians know who to blame for their parched land: the tyrants in Tehran. From July 25-29, protests erupted across towns in Iran’s northern, northeastern,...

July 26, 2025 | Caleb Weiss |

US ground raid captures Islamic State leader in northern Somalia

In a brief statement released on Saturday, the United States military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed that its forces had “conducted an operation against the ISIS-Somalia terrorist network...

July 23, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

New head of anti-Islamic State mission in Iraq and Syria takes command

Brigadier General Kevin Lambert took over as the new commander of the anti-Islamic State coalition of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) in a ceremony in Iraq on...

July 19, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh, Bridget Toomey

Iran and its militias brace for another conflict with Israel

The Qatari New Arab reported on July 17 that Esmail Ghaani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), met with Tehran’s Iraqi proxies in Baghdad earlier this...

July 18, 2025 | Bill Roggio

US lists Pakistan-supported Resistance Front as Foreign Terrorist Organization

The US State Department added the Resistance Front to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorist entities on July 17. The Resistance Front, a cover...