Associated Press

June 2, 2025 | |

‘False Reporting’: GHF Counters Widespread Media Claims of Israeli Attack on Palestinians Seeking Aid in Gaza

Aid Group Counters Media Reports: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) rejected reports of civilian casualties at the organization’s Safe Distribution Sites after CNN, the BBC,...

May 30, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Efforts continue to free kidnapped Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov

Over the last week, there have been increasing reports about attempts to free Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq in March 2023. Tsurkov, who holds Israeli and Russian...

May 9, 2025 | |

‘Outright Denials of Documented Atrocities’: Former Hostage of Hamas Decries Pulitzer for Gazan Writer

Former Hostage Condemns Award: Emily Damari, a British-Israeli woman who was shot and kidnapped from her home by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and held hostage for nearly 500 days,...

March 24, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi, Joe Truzman

Gaza doctor widely quoted by major media outlets has deep Hamas ties

A Gaza-based doctor who is frequently quoted by major media outlets on the impacts of Hamas’s war with Israel has close familial ties to the terrorist group. Numerous family members of orthopedic surgeon...

March 6, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

After 2 years, Iraq claims to be searching for kidnapped researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov

On March 5, Iraqi National Security Adviser Qassem al Araji told the Associated Press that “Iraqi authorities are working under the prime minister’s direction” to find Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton University researcher who was kidnapped two years ago in Iraq.

March 5, 2025 | David Daoud |

Nasrallah’s funeral was Hezbollah’s desperately needed lifeline

Hezbollah is in a crisis. The group suffered an unprecedented drubbing by Israel, which decimated most of its arsenal, eliminated a substantial number of its fighters, and killed its iconic Secretary-General...

March 3, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Can Syria Survive?

On February 25, Syria held a National Dialogue Conference, which is supposed to help the country come together after years of civil war and the toppling of the Assad regime. Syria’s new president,...

February 10, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

US-backed Syrian Free Army continues to patrol Tanf area in southern Syria

On February 9, the Syrian Free Army (SFA) said in a post on social media that it provided medical services to more than 60 Bedouin patients in southern Syria as part of a mobile clinic. The Syrian...

October 28, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

Israel Likely Eliminated Key Iranian Weaponization Site

Israel likely destroyed an Iranian site that played a key role in the Islamic Republic’s past nuclear weapons program, known as the Amad Plan. The potential elimination of the facility sends a strong...

October 7, 2024 | |

Israel Intercepts Missile Launched by Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen

The Israeli Air Force intercepted a missile launched towards Israeli territory by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on October 7 as the Jewish state braced for attacks from Iranian...

September 17, 2024 | |

Hundreds of Hezbollah Operatives Wounded as Pagers Explode Across Lebanon

Hundreds of Hezbollah operatives were wounded in various parts of Lebanon on September 17 when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, in what appeared to be an act of long-range...

September 16, 2024 | |

Iran Launches Satellite Into Orbit Using Domestic Missile

The United States expressed concern on September 14 after Iran successfully launched a satellite into space using a rocket developed by its widely sanctioned Islamic Revolutionary...

September 16, 2024 | David Adesnik |

How Israel Lost a Battle to Al Jazeera — and How It Must Do Better Next Time

...

September 5, 2024 | |

Islamist Gunman Shot by German Police Near Israeli Consulate in Munich

German police shot and killed a gunman in Munich on September 5 after he opened fire near the Israeli consulate in the Bavarian capital. The gunman — identified as an 18-year-old Austrian national —...

August 9, 2024 | |

Microsoft Report Exposes Iranian Cyber Warfare Targeting U.S. Election

Latest Developments As campaigning for the U.S. presidential election intensifies, a report released by technology giant Microsoft on August 9 has highlighted Iranian attempts to influence voters through...

August 9, 2024 | |

Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon

Latest Developments The Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck a series of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon overnight, the Israeli military said on August 9. Among the targets struck by Israeli jets was...

July 26, 2024 | |

U.S. Citizen Who Attempted to Assassinate Salman Rushdie Charged with Aiding Hezbollah

Latest Developments Federal prosecutors charged the man who attempted to assassinate the celebrated author Salman Rushdie in 2022 with “attempting to provide material support” to Iranian-backed...

July 17, 2024 | |

Top Shipping Company Warns of Global Impact of Houthi Attacks on Vessels in Red Sea

Latest Developments Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) said on July 17 that the consequences of diverting ships away from the Red Sea to avoid attacks launched by Iranian-backed Houthi...

July 16, 2024 | |

German Police Arrest Hezbollah Operative Who Attempted to Acquire Deadly Drone Components

German police arrested a Lebanese man who was attempting to acquire components for drones for use in Hezbollah attacks against Israel, the Associated Press reported on July 15. The...

July 11, 2024 | |

Iran-Backed Houthis Continue Targeting Commercial Shipping

Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked a commercial vessel in the Red Sea’s Bab el-Mandeb Strait on July 10, one day after conducting an attack on a U.S.-flagged container...