Bill Roggio

August 14, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: August 14, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IDF Continues Operations in Rafah, Khan Younis, Central Gaza; IAF Strikes More Than 40 Targets | IDF Launches Counterterrorism Operation in Northern West Bank | Israeli Defense Ministry...

August 12, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: August 12, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Defense Minister Gallant Speaks With U.S. Defense Secretary Austin, Discusses ‘Operational And Strategic Coordination’ | Hezbollah Fires Some 30 Rockets at Western Galilee; Hezbollah...

August 7, 2024 | |

Israel Orders Evacuation of Beit Hanoun and Nearby Neighborhoods

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) called for the evacuation of the Beit Hanoun, Manshiya, and Sheikh Zayed areas in the northern Gaza Strip on August 7 due to Hamas activity. IDF Arabic...

August 2, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: August 2, 2024

Today’s Issue: | With War Apparently Imminent, Israel Holds Discussions with Allies, Hezbollah Evacuates Command Posts | Alma: 2,560 Attacks on Northern Israel Since the War Began, 48.4 Percent Against...

July 24, 2024 | Bill Roggio |

US Treasury Department designates Islamic State facilitators across Africa

Yesterday, the US Treasury Department sanctioned three Islamic State facilitators based in Zambia, Uganda, and South Africa. The three have operated as part of a coordinated network that moves money between...

July 18, 2024 | |

Iranian-Backed Terrorists Resume Attacks on U.S. Troops in Iraq

Two drones launched by an unspecified Iranian proxy in Iraq targeted U.S. and coalition forces at the Ain Al-Asad base in Iraq on July 16, the Pentagon confirmed. Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina...

July 17, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: July 17, 2024

Today’s Issue: IAF Strikes Some 25 Terror Targets Throughout Gaza | Hezbollah Launches About 40 Rockets at Kiryat Shmona, Dozens Toward Other Locations in Israel’s North | Since Start of War, IDF Has...

July 16, 2024 | Bill Roggio |

The “bonds are close” as the Pakistani Taliban benefits from its Afghan safe haven

The Afghan Taliban and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan maintain a “close” relationship, the United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team reported. The Movement of the Taliban...

July 11, 2024 | Bill Roggio |

Al Qaeda expands its network of training camps in Afghanistan

Al Qaeda is operating training camps in the Afghan provinces of Kandahar and Takhar, the United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team reported. These facilities are in addition to those...

July 10, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: July 10, 2024

Today’s Issue: IDF Shells Syrian Army Buildings in Israel-Syria Buffer Zone | IDF Troops Raid UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza City, Find Large Quantity of Weapons | Apparent Israeli Airstrike Kills Hezbollah...

July 10, 2024 | Will Selber, Bill Roggio

David Petraeus Is Wrong: Counterinsurgency Won’t Work in Gaza

When you only have a hammer. . .

July 3, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: July 3, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Reports from Lebanon: Israeli Airstrike Eliminates High-Ranking Hezbollah Commander | IDF Eliminates Four-Man Terror Cell in West Bank Drone Strike | COGAT: ‘Aid Is Piling Up in the...

June 29, 2024 | |

Iranian Mission to UN Threatens Israel With ‘Obliterating War’

Iran will unleash its terrorist proxies around the Middle East in an “obliterating war” against Israel should the burgeoning conflict in Lebanon intensify into a full-scale...

June 27, 2024 | Bill Roggio, Janatan Sayeh

Iran-backed Iraqi militia threatens to strike US interests should Israel attack Lebanon

The leader of one of Iraq’s most influential and powerful Iran-backed militias threatened US interests in the Middle East in response to a potential large-scale Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah...

June 26, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: June 26, 2024

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June 24, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: June 24, 2024

Today’s Issue: | 401st Brigade Raids Hamas Training Sites in Rafah Area, Finding Weapons and Tunnel Shafts | Gazans Seeking Medical Treatment Abroad Will be Permitted to Leave Through Kerem Shalom Crossing...

June 21, 2024 | Bill Roggio, Janatan Sayeh

Iran and Taliban discuss “joint action” against Israel

The foreign ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Taliban discussed taking “joint action” against Israel in support of Hamas. The Taliban and Iran have cooperated in the past to oust the...

June 20, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: June 20, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Hezbollah Publishes Reconnaissance Drone Video of Sites in Northern Israel, Says More Videos Forthcoming | IDF Chief of Staff: Military Is at ‘A Very High Level of Readiness’ | Hassan...

June 19, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi, Bill Roggio

Turkish charity leaders meet with Taliban officials

On June 13, representatives from two Turkish charities met with Salam Hanafi, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister, in Afghanistan. Mehmet Ubeyd Kosger, representing the Hayrat Foundation, accompanied...

June 14, 2024 | |

Two Senior Islamic Jihad Gunmen Killed in IDF Counterterrorism Operation

Israeli commandos exchanged fire and killed “two senior terrorists” barricaded in a building during a counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank city of Qabatiya on June 13, the Israel Defense...