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April 11, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran has ten ways to attack Israel; which one will it choose?

Iran's vowed punishment of Israel might manifest either through proxies or direct means, including ballistic missiles and drones.

November 13, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel acknowledges fight on a third front: Mounting diplomatic pressure

Pressure is mounting on Israel in a new way as the country prepares to do battle on a third front: diplomatically. Yes, Israel is concentrating on defeating Hamas in Gaza. And Hezbollah is also increasing...

October 18, 2023 | |

Iran-Backed Militias Attack U.S. Forces in Iraq

Shiite militias backed by Tehran targeted two U.S. bases in Iraq on October 18 with Iranian-made suicide drones. The militias claimed the attacks were a response to Washington’s...

October 18, 2023 | Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

Iran-backed Shia militias target 2 U.S. bases in Iraq

Iran-backed Shia militias have targeted two U.S. bases in Iraq as the war between Israel and Hamas escalates. The attacks took place as Hezbollah Brigades, a dangerous Iranian proxy, threatened U.S. forces...

December 14, 2022 | |

UN Votes to Remove Iran From Women’s Rights Commission

The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) decided today by a vote of 29-8, with 16 abstentions, to remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The decision reflects women’s second-class status across the Islamic Republic. The rights of women have taken center stage in the protests now consuming Iran: The regime’s killing of 23-year-old Mahsa Amini, whom security forces had arrested for allegedly violating Tehran’s hijab laws, triggered the demonstrations now nearing their fourth month with no end in sight.

February 14, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Bahrain chooses alignment with Israel over submission to Iran

Since the announcement of the Abraham Accords in August 2020, ties between Bahrain and Israel have grown steadily, reaching a milestone last week when an Israeli military aircraft, carrying Defense Minister...

April 22, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iranian regime center in Vienna: Homosexuality means the end of humanity

Islamic Shi’ite center promotes destruction of Israel.

November 16, 2018 | Tony Badran, Behnam Ben Taleblu, Tyler Stapleton

Treasury and State Target Hezbollah’s Role in Iran’s Threat Network

The U.S. Departments of State and Treasury on Monday used counterterrorism authorities to collectively...

February 16, 2018 | David Adesnik |

Militias in Syria could next attack Israel and launch a new war

The Iranian drone launched...

April 28, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Hezbollah: Iran’s Henchmen in Brazil

Across Latin America, Iran’s public face appears innocuous: mosques, cultural centers...

March 16, 2016 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

After Saddam Was Hanged

Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, no voice arguing for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein had greater moral weight than that of Kanan Makiya. As Dexter Filkins put it in a 2007 New York Times Magazi...

October 16, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Victory Without Soldiers?

With the war in Syria becoming ever more complex and murderous, it’s worthwhile to revisit a guiding principle of Barack Obama: The use of American military power is likely to do more harm...

December 6, 2013 | Michael Ledeen |

Dare We Say It? The Mullahs Must Go

Sanctions and diplomacy have thus far failed to induce the Iranian regime to cease its nuclear weapons program. We shouldn’t be surprised by this. Top Iranian leaders, from Supreme Leader A...

October 12, 2012 | Khairi Abaza Fikra Forum |

Alawites and Alevis: What’s in a Name?

Co-authored by Soner Cagaptay Tensions are rising on the Turkish-Syrian border, as Turkey recently became the first country to take direct military action against the al-As...

August 21, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda in Iraq Video Details Deadly Raid in Haditha

Co-authored by Bill Ardolino Click here to watch the video. Warning: the video...

July 9, 2012 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please! |

Khamenei in Isolation as Revolutionary Guards Threaten Mayhem, Kill Drunks

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei hasn’t been seen in public for a couple of weeks, and he notably missed his annual speech at “Pasdar Day,” devoted to the Revolutionary Guards Corps....

July 9, 2012 | Jonathan Kay National Post |

How Assad’s Fall Will Lay Ruin to the Alawis’ Once-in-a-Millennium Promised Land

A small, marginalized people, kicked around the Middle East for centuries by Muslim empires, finally carves out an independent home for itself on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. But life...

February 10, 2011 | World Defense Review

Moroccan Exceptionalism?

I recently spent nearly two weeks in North Africa, arriving just before popular demonstrations drove Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power and leaving just after the protesters occupi...

September 27, 2010 | Reuel Marc Gerecht Weekly Standard |

A ‘Perfect Man’ at the U.N.

After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speeches, press conferences, and interviews in New York City last week, it's obvious the Iranian president lives in a parallel universe. This has been diffic...

December 8, 2008 |

The Role of Consensus in the Contemporary Struggle for Islam

Jordan's King Abdullah II launched an ambitious project in November 2004 designed to address some of the thorniest theological issues currently facing Muslims. The project, known as the "Amman Message," expressly holds that non-Muslims can reasonably "expect certain things from Muslims" in the contemporary context, in which Muslims and non-Muslims have unprecedented contact.[i] The Amman Message was self-consciously launched against the backdrop of the "global war on terror," where predominantly stateless terror networks claiming allegiance to Islam have managed to drastically alter the geopolitical landscape.