Al-Qaeda

April 20, 2026 | Daniel Swift |

Don’t Let Iran Sow Hunger Around the World

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has revealed Iran’s ability to threaten the global food supply.

April 17, 2026 | Jonathan Schanzer |

What Victory Looks Like When Your Foe Won’t Surrender

The U.S. can win without Iran acknowledging it lost

April 9, 2026 | Jonathan Schanzer, David Daoud, Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Joe Dougherty

Hezbollah at War: What Comes Next for Lebanon and the Region

April 8, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Double-dealing Pakistan is the danger looming over critical US-Iran talks

President Donald Trump’s two-week cease-fire with Iran is a huge gamble — and allowing Pakistan to act as the go-between only raises the stakes. Pakistan, after all, is the nation where...

April 1, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi, William Doran

Islamist Turkey: A Base for Muslim Brotherhood Jihadism

April 1, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

Why we have a TSA and a DHS

And the jihadis that make them necessary

March 22, 2026 | Caleb Weiss |

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 20, 2026 | Clifford D. May, Mark Dubowitz

Breaking Down the Islamic Republic

March 18, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

The final battle?

War with Iran was inevitable, but it can’t end now

March 17, 2026 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Blacklisting the Brotherhood

The Trump administration made history on November 24, 2025, when it issued an executive order calling for the U.S. government to designate “certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist...

March 13, 2026 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Regime Change Without Nation Building

America and Israel are at war with Iran, a fact that should be neither shocking nor surprising. Both countries have been targeted by the Islamic Republic since its inception in 1979. Both countries...

March 10, 2026 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Is the Islamic Republic Down and Out in the Levant and Beyond?

Since October 7, 2023, Iran’s theocracy has watched its entire westward foreign policy crash, disabled by an Israeli counterattack and its shockwaves.

March 6, 2026 | Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

Australia bans Hizb ut Tahrir under new hate laws

The government of Australia formally banned Hizb ut Tahrir on March 6, designating the Islamist organization as a hate group in a move aimed at curbing extremist ideology and preventing radicalization....

March 6, 2026 | Tzvi Kahn |

Iranian and Iranian-Backed Attacks Against Americans (1979-Present)

Armed conflict between the United States and Iran did not begin in 2026, but instead has deep roots that extend back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. For nearly five decades, the clerical regime in Tehran...

March 4, 2026 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Beware Turkey’s ambitions in the post-Iran power vacuum

The US military and the Israeli Defense Forces continue unleashing their might on the Iranian regime — and precise intelligence, overwhelming firepower and a bit of good luck could soon usher...

February 24, 2026 | Bridget Toomey |

How Did the United States End Up on the Same Side as the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen?

Extremism in Yemen has never solely been a Yemeni problem. Terror organizations with global ambitions have long operated from the country. Civil war has drawn in neighbors and regional powers like Iran,...

February 24, 2026 | Joseph Zacks |

It’s Time to Confront Afghanistan and Iran About Al-Qaeda

The al-Qaeda terror network operates with impunity out of Iran and Afghanistan. America must lean on both countries’ regimes to bring it to heel.

February 20, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz, Edmund Fitton-Brown

The Islamic Republic’s Weaponization of Global Terror

February 18, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

The Mass Escape of ISIS Detainees Is a Warning Against U.S. Withdrawal From Syria

Serious concerns are emerging over the ability of the Syrian government to maintain security in the northeast of the country following its recent offensive against the Kurdish-led, U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic...

February 10, 2026 | Bill Roggio, Edmund Fitton-Brown

The West’s greatest threat is still al Qaeda