Syria reports neutralizing Hezbollah plot to assassinate senior officials
On May 5, the Syrian Ministry of Interior and the General Intelligence Directorate announced that security forces thwarted a major terrorist attack aiming to destabilize the country. In a series...
Op-eds
Russia and Iran Build Sovereign, State-Controlled Internets
Iranians are increasingly leaving their country to escape the regime’s internet shutdown. At the same time, in Russia, the Kremlin’s tightening grip on online life is fueling growing...
Op-eds
Using Facial Recognition Tools To Identify October 7 Perpetrators
Memos
Charity founded by Hamas member raising funds on US-based platform
Hamas member Muhammad Saleh al Bardawil founded Al Khair Challenge, a Gaza-based charity that remains active and continues to solicit donations, FDD’s Long War Journal has found. The US Treasury...
Op-eds
Qatar Influence Operations: Unmasking a Suspected Network
Memos
Orban’s ouster was a win. But don’t let Hungary distract from Russia’s next target
Post-election celebrations erupted in the streets of Budapest over the weekend after Hungarian voters ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban after 16 years, handing pro-EU opposition leader Peter...
Op-eds
What the Kremlin fears more than Ukrainian drones
Major banks across Russia on Friday reported major service breakdowns. Their apps crashed, ATMs stopped working, and other capabilities collapsed. The outages caused major complications in everyday...
Op-eds
Islamist Turkey: A Base for Muslim Brotherhood Jihadism
Memos
West Bloomfield terror attack highlights Hezbollah connections within Shiite Lebanese community in US
Last week, ABC News reported that Iran’s Islamic regime may have activated sleeper cells in the United States to launch terror attacks in response to the US and Israeli military campaign against it....
Op-eds
Hamas renews threats against rival Palestinian militias in Gaza
On February 9, Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida published a written statement on his Telegram channel threatening Palestinian militias that have opposed the Islamist group’s rule in the Gaza Strip....
Op-eds
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies: Academic Veneer Normalizing Terrorism
Is Al Jazeera using its “academic” arm, the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS), to normalize Hamas’s atrocities, while hiding behind the veneer of a purportedly rigorous research institution?...
Insights
Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: January 26–February 1, 2026
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between January 26 and February 1, 2026. Israeli operations last week maintained an intensified tempo,...
Op-eds
Popular Forces Gaza militia captures senior Hamas member
The anti-Hamas Popular Forces militia captured Adham al Akar, aka “Abu Bakr,” a Hamas company commander in Rafah. Akar was among the Hamas fighters who have been trapped in Israeli-controlled...
Op-eds
Russia Recruits Young Migrant Women from Latin America to Build Iranian Drones
Memos
Al Jazeera’s Academic Arm Platforms Hamas Denialism and Anti-Israel Propaganda
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, the research arm of Qatar’s state-backed media giant, co-hosted an academic conference last week in Qatar’s Education City that whitewashed Hamas’s October 7, 2023,...
Insights
Anti-Hamas Popular Forces militia leader killed in Gaza
Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of the Israel-backed Popular Forces militia, was killed on December 4 in the Gaza Strip. Shabab’s Popular Forces was the first anti-Hamas faction to emerge during...
Op-eds
Iraqi polls grapple with Israeli and Iranian relations as country prepares to vote
Iraqis head to the polls Nov. 11 to elect 329 parliament members for a four-year term, marking the seventh free election since Saddam Hussein’s 2003 fall. Candidates are treading carefully, pledging...
Op-eds
Patient Extremism: The Many Faces of the Muslim Brotherhood
Memos
Alleged Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine member, October 7 attack participant arrested in Louisiana
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that it had arrested 33-year-old Mahmoud Amin Yaqub al Muhtadi in Louisiana. The DOJ alleged that Muhtadi was a member of the Democratic...