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December 11, 2024 | David Daoud |

Israel Secures its interests in Syria

Bashar al Assad’s regime fell in the early morning of December 8, withering away in the face of a mere 11-day onslaught by a coalition of opposition armed groups. Israel found itself caught off-guard by...

April 8, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: April 8, 2024

Israel SitRep: April 8, 2024 Today’s Issue: IDF Ground Forces Withdraw From Southern Gaza, Leaving Only Nahal Brigade | IDF Completes Another Stage in Preparations for War in North | IDF Eliminates...

March 9, 2017 | Tony Badran |

Lebanon’s New Army Chief has History of Coordination with Hezbollah

Lebanon’s new cabinet announced Staff Brigadier General Joseph...

July 5, 2016 | Tony Badran |

Why Bibi’s Visits to Moscow Mean Bad News for Israel

Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Russia for yet another meeting with president Vladimir Putin—his third such trip (and fourth meeti...

July 7, 2015 | Tony Badran NOW Lebanon |

The Sixth Annex

Increasingly and publicly, the White House is recognizing Iranian zones of influence in the Levant as legitimate

June 10, 2015 | Tony Badran |

Tehran’s Siamese Twins

“[I]n the next few days, the world will be surprised by what we and the Syrian military leadership are currently preparing,” Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary G...

June 2, 2015 | Tony Badran |

Obama Will Even Defend Anti-Semitism to Spin His Iran Deal

It’s not every day that you hear President Barack Obama explain away rank bigotry. But in a recent ...

December 18, 2014 | Tony Badran |

An Iranian Proxy Still Holds All The Cards In Lebanon

During his recent visit to Beirut, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Matthew Spence reportedly told Leb...

March 17, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief |

The Fall of Yabroud and What’s Next for Syria’s Civil War

On Sunday, a day after the three-year anniversary of the start of the Syrian uprising, Assad regime forces and Hezbollah units reclaimed most parts of the rebel-held Syrian town of Yabroud. The r...

November 20, 2013 | FDD Policy Brief |

The Iranian Embassy Bombing in Beirut: Many Questions Remain

Two explosions targeted the Iranian Embassy in Beirut yesterday, killing at least 23 people, among them the Iranian cultural attaché, Hojatoleslam Ebrahim Ansari and the head of Hezbollah&...