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March 31, 2026 | David Daoud |

Israel kills Al Manar employee Ali Shuaib, says he was a Hezbollah military operative

On the morning of Saturday, March 28, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted a press-marked vehicle on the Jezzine-Kfarhouna road in south Lebanon. The strike killed Ali Shuaib, an employee of the...

March 30, 2026 | Shannon Walsh, Sean Calabria

Contra Pope Leo, Catholic Just War Doctrine Supports Iran Strikes

Over the weekend, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican by condemning those who “wage war” and insisting that God unequivocally rejects war and the prayers of those who...

March 19, 2026 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Will Trump Finish the Job in Iran?

The Islamic Republic has been severely degraded, but it will continue to pose a threat to the Gulf.

March 18, 2026 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem says Hezbollah will continue fighting Israel, frames war as defense of Lebanon

On March 13, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gave his second speech since the renewal of Hezbollah’s war with Israel on March 2. The speech marked the anniversary of Qods Day, an event...

March 13, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Oman Is Under Fire From an Iranian Regime It Sought To Befriend

Even as his country was under threat from Iran, Oman’s ruler congratulated the Islamic Republic’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, on his appointment, expressing his “best wishes for success...

March 13, 2026 | Mariam Wahba, Natalie Ecanow

International Union of Muslim Scholars criticizes Iranian strikes on Arab states but says Israel is main threat to region

A senior leader in the Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has condemned Iran’s recent strikes on several Middle Eastern countries while simultaneously urging Muslims to unite against...

March 6, 2026 | Mariam Wahba |

Sudan’s Armed Forces Arrest Commander Aligned With Muslim Brotherhood Over Support for Iran

Sudan has arrested the commander of an armed Islamist group for pledging to fight on behalf of Iran’s clerical regime. Sudanese Islamist leader Al-Naji Abdullah appeared in military uniform on March...

March 4, 2026 | Edmund Fitton-Brown, Ahmad Sharawi

Oman’s Flipflopping on Iran Will Leave It Isolated in the Gulf

Even being targeted by Iranian drone strikes is not enough to stop Oman from hedgingand even trying to accommodate Tehran. While other Gulf states issued severe condemnations of attacks on their...

February 18, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur, Ivana Stradner

Putin Demands Believers in Ukraine Pray His Way

astor Vladimir Ryitkov was leading Sunday mass in Russian-occupied Luhansk, Ukraine when Russian military and police officers burst into his small Baptist church. Armed with assault rifles, “they brusquely...

February 6, 2026 | Clifford D. May, Edmund Fitton-Brown

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Houthis But Were Afraid to Ask

February 6, 2026 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem delivers defiant speech to mark anniversary of Mahdi Schools

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered a speech on February 3 that marked the 33rd anniversary of the establishment of Hezbollah’s Mahdi School System, which, according to Qassem,...

February 6, 2026 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Why Saudi Arabia is turning back to Islamism – and against Israel

Economic strain and domestic pressure are pushing Riyadh toward a regional realignment. Washington ought to pay attention

January 27, 2026 | David Daoud |

Hezbollah: We will not remain neutral if Islamic Republic endangered

Hezbollah is arguably the Islamic Republic of Iran’s primary and central extension, having described itself as such in the 1985 Open Letter, the group’s founding and constitutional document. As...

January 17, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh, Bridget Toomey

Washington’s Human Rights Sanctions Against Tehran Won’t Halt Regime Brutality

The Trump administration issued its first round of Iran-related human rights sanctions on January 15, almost three weeks after Iranians took to the streets in the largest protests in the Islamic Republic’s...

January 13, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh, Bridget Toomey

Tehran Regime Kills Thousands, Crossing Trump’s Red Line

“We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” President Donald Trump told the people of Iran, pledging “the United States of America will come to their rescue” if the clerical regime in Tehran guns...

January 13, 2026 | David Daoud |

Lebanon Must Continue Publicly Dismantling Active Hezbollah Installations

Lebanese news outlet Al Jadeed published three leaked images on January 6 allegedly showing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers seizing a massive Hezbollah installation located south of the Litani River...

December 24, 2025 | Mariam Wahba, Samuel Ben-Ur

Eight Things to Know About Christians in China

The latest wave of religious repression in China represents the most aggressive internal clampdowns in years. Catholic bishops appointed by the Vatican have been disappeared, despite a deal allegedly giving...

December 22, 2025 | Ryan Brobst, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Scouting America Is Vital to the Pentagon’s Warfighting Potential

The Pentagon may be on the verge of cutting ties with Scouting America, one of America’s preeminent youth organizations that has helped produce generations of American servicemembers. This decision would...

December 18, 2025 | Eran M. Teboul, Edmund Fitton-Brown

Europe is sleepwalking into the Muslim Brotherhood’s long game

The Muslim Brotherhood’s long-term strategy exploits democracy itself, and Europe is still refusing to confront the threat.

December 12, 2025 | Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell

The Islamic State’s war on Christians in Congo

As the Trump Administration touts an ostensible peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, another deadly, albeit less-talked-about conflict is also raging...