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,...
Associated Press
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...
Op-eds
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...
Insights
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
How Israel Lost a Battle to Al Jazeera — and How It Must Do Better Next Time
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Op-eds
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 —...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
Two Israeli Civilians Killed by Hezbollah Rocket Barrage in Golan Heights
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Flash Briefs
Hamas Critic Badly Beaten in Gaza by Masked Men
A Gaza-based activist who opposes Hamas was badly beaten on July 8 by two dozen masked men wielding batons and knives. The assailants, who claimed they were representatives of Hamas’s...
Flash Briefs
Rafah through the eyes of int’l journalists
The trip by journalists is important because it provides the first reactions among correspondents to Israel’s operations in this area of southern Gaza.
Op-eds
Hezbollah Deputy Leader Hedges on Gaza-For-Lebanon Tradeoff
Hezbollah’s deputy leader on July 2 hedged on the question of whether the Iran-backed terrorist organization would stop attacking Israel if the war in Gaza war winds down without...
Flash Briefs
U.S. Legislators Bar State Department From Citing Gaza Health Ministry Fatality Statistics
An amendment to the annual State Department appropriations bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 27 bars the State Department from citing the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry’s fatality data. Sixty-two Democrats and 207 Republicans voted for the measure, which was spearheaded by representatives Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Mike Lawler (R-NY), and Carol Miller (R-WV). ...
Flash Briefs
Hezbollah Turns Down Offer From Fellow Iran Proxies to Send Troops for War Against Israel
As fears of a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah continue to grow, the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group has turned down an offer from other Iranian proxies...