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February
Iran Obtains Advanced Cyber Warfare Capabilities from Russia
Latest Developments Russia is helping Iran advance its cyber warfare and digital surveillance capabilities, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The cooperation comes as the United Kingdom’s...
Flash Briefs
Turkey’s leak of Istanbul killing shows unlikely marriage with Iran under strain
Senior Turkish officials last week implicated two Iranian diplomats for instigating the November 2019 assassination of Iranian dissident Masoud Molavi Vardanjani in Istanbul. Until recently, Turkish and...
Op-eds
Key questions concerning Hamza bin Laden’s life remain unanswered
The State Department released this wanted poster for Hamza bin Laden, using an image from his wedding video, in February. On Sept. 14, President Donald Trump said in a statement that Hamza bin Laden,...
Op-eds
U.S. Senators urge German bank to stop enabling antisemitic BDS campaign
Two powerful US Republican senators, both of whom ran significant campaigns for the presidency of America in 2016, weighed in on Thursday against a German bank for aiding the Boycott, Divestment...
Op-eds
Exclusive: Paypal closes French BDS media account
The giant US online payment service PayPal shut down the account of a major...
Op-eds
Belgium companies sold deadly chemicals to Assad in violation of sanctions
Antwerp’s Criminal Court has opened cases against three Flemish companies for the alleged violations of EU sanctions relating to the sale of illegal chemicals to the Syrian regime, accordin...
Op-eds
Egypt Launches Massive Anti-terrorism Operation ahead of March Elections
In a surprise move, Egypt launched a massive anti-terrori...
Policy Briefs
Trump should confront China on North Korean nukes during his Asia trip
When President Trump visits Beijing on his Asian trip now in progress, China is expected to roll out the red carpet. But Chinese leaders are spooked. President Trump is the first American...
Op-eds
German politicians ignore bank’s BDS account
Co-written by Tamara Zieve. German politicians affiliated with the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) in southern Germany ignore the financial institution’s role in...
Op-eds
Obama’s Syria Policy Striptease
America’s settled policy of standing by while half a million Syrians have been killed, millions have become refugees, and large swaths of their country have been re...
Op-eds
The Man And The Myth
Urbi et Orbi, the city and the world, Tehran and the globe. In his turban and clerical robe, softly speaking of peace, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, resembles a spiritual guide mor...
Op-eds
MUJAO Leader Says Belmokhtar is Alive
The leader of the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid [Unity] and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) has contradicted reports that wanted jihadist military commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in Ma...
Op-eds
Our Italian Future
Atop a political volcano.
Op-eds
Iran Releases Persecuted Christian Pastor
Iran has released Youcef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor, after three years of imprisonment on charges of aposta...
Op-eds
A ‘Responsible’ End to the Iraq War?
In a web video released Monday, the Obama campaign celebrated the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq. “As your commander in chief, and on behalf of a grateful nation, I&...
Op-eds
Egypt’s Next Big Moment
With only days left before Egyptians are expected to vote in their first elections since the fall of president...
Op-eds
FISA Reform Is Vital to Stopping the Next Terror Plot, Not the Last One
Thanks to a testimonial error that National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is now undertaking to clarify, a confusing turn has been taken in the debate over reforming “FISA” --...
Op-eds
US forces kill al Qaeda’s leader in Mosul
US special operations forces scored a major victory in Mosul today. US forces killed al Qaeda's emir, or leader, of the northern Iraq city during a raid on a safe house....
Op-eds
UNder the Law
In what surely qualifies as the single-most-promising United Nations reform effort to date, federal prosecutors in New York, jointly with the New York District Attorney, have just announced the i...