The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous activities throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between April 21 and April 27, 2025. The IDF’s operations this week included targeted killings of Hezbollah...
Strike Follows Warning: The Israeli Air Force struck a Hezbollah precision-guided missile storage facility embedded in Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh district on April 27. The strike...
Expands Hamas and Hezbollah Designation: Paraguay designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on April 24. The Latin American nation also...
Lebanon Tells Iran to Abide by Diplomatic Norms: Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi had rejected “foreign interference” following criticism from Iranian Ambassador Mojtaba...
Grossi Asks for Clarification on Tunnels, New Security Perimeter: Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on April 24 that he...
A Unique Opportunity to Confront the Iranian Nuclear Threat
U.S. forces in Syria continue to support their partners in the war against ISIS. This is part of a mission that dates back to 2015, when the U.S. first became involved in Syria. However, recent reports point to an increasing likelihood that the U.S. role in Syria may end within months.
Arrests Follow Abbas Visit to Damascus: The Syrian interim government’s security forces have reportedly arrested two leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group....
An Iranian delegation led by the country’s Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) attended the 13th International Defense Exhibition (IQDEX) in Baghdad on April 20, boasting of a range...
Hezbollah is thumbing its nose at President Joseph Aoun. In response to the Lebanese President saying that he was in talks with the militia over surrendering its arms, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said,...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous activities and operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between April 14 and April 20, 2025. The IDF’s operations this week were more numerous...
Israel continued its targeted killings of Hezbollah operatives and commanders this week, assassinating a senior commander of the group’s Unit 4400 on Sunday. Unit 4400 is Hezbollah’s body...
The Israeli military suffered its first casualties since a new Gaza offensive began on March 18. On April 19, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that Command Sergeant Major Ghaleb Sliman Alnasasra, a...
Attack Prevented: The Lebanese Army announced on April 20 that it had thwarted a rocket attack against Israel — the first such publicized intervention since the November 2024...
Lebanon has a unique opportunity to disarm Hezbollah, which most Lebanese hope their government can seize. They see a chance in President Joseph Aoun’s insistence on monopolizing force in the hands of...
If Trump wants to prevent another regional conflict, calling Turkey’s president a “friend” won’t cut it.
In the early days of the Israel-Hamas war, Iran issued a baffling threat: if Israel did not relent in Gaza, Tehran would close the Strait of Gibraltar, the narrow maritime passage separating Africa from...
‘All Arms Must Be Under the Sole Authority of the State’: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on April 15 that he aims to disarm the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group this...
The Shia of Lebanon who pledge allegiance to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should ask themselves these questions: Why do they boycott American products when Khamenei invites Americans to invest in...
In the aftermath of the collapse of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire in Gaza, fears of renewed fighting to Israel’s north sparked after it came under anonymous rocket fire from south Lebanon. Hezbollah,...