Iran–Israel proxy conflict

June 12, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Iran Wants To Punish Jordan for Hosting U.S. Forces

The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) announced on June 11 that they had intercepted 20 missiles launched from Iran toward Al-Azraq, a town about 50 miles east of Amman that is also home to a major air base...

June 9, 2026 | Bridget Toomey |

Houthis attack Israel and announce ban on Israeli vessels in the Red Sea

On June 8, Yemen’s Houthis fired missiles at central Israel as the Jewish state and Iran exchanged fire for the first time since the April 7 ceasefire between the US, Israel, and...

June 9, 2026 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Spycraft will decide Iran’s fate

Excerpt After four months of war, Israel still has targets to hit. The latest IDF raids, in this increasingly fictional ceasefire, smashed Iranian missile-defense systems and a petrochemical plant in...

June 8, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz |

Iran Resumes War on Israel as Trump Equivocates

Iran resumed ballistic missile attacks on Israel on June 7 for the first time since agreeing to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire two months ago. Despite President Donald Trump’s public calls for restraint,...

May 18, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Is a ‘New Middle East’ Still Possible?

With a weakened Iranian regime, middle powers on the edge of the Middle East will increasingly drive regional dynamics.

May 12, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iraqi security forces and politicians react to reports of ‘secret’ Israeli base

Iraqi politicians and security forces have responded to a May 9 report in The Wall Street Journal claiming that “Israel built and defended a secret Iran war base in Iraq.” The news provoked...

May 7, 2026 | Matt Pottinger, Seamus Boyle

KMT Risks Missing the Lessons of the Wars in Ukraine and Iran

Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang is poised to pass a defense budget that falls short of the lessons wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have made unmistakably clear on drones, layered air defense, and offensive deterrence. With the 2026 and 2028 elections approaching, can it afford to keep signaling weakness on the issue that matters most?

April 25, 2026 | Bradley Bowman, Jonathan Schanzer

The Race to Build America and Israel’s Missile Defenses

The U.S. ceasefire with Iran may be about to end – or not. Ceasefires, regardless of their length, are often much more than simply a pause in combat. Unfortunately, they are also often a starting gun...

April 23, 2026 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Navid Mohebbi

Finish the job: Why a half war with Iran is the most dangerous outcome

Iran's regime is already shifting tactics, and an unfinished war gives Tehran exactly what it needs: time

April 21, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iraq aims to select new PM as US warns of Iran-backed threats, IRGC-QF head visits

Iraqi Shiite political parties are seeking to appoint a new prime minister amid significant internal and external pressures. The Coordination Framework (CF), a coalition of Iraqi Shiite parties, was working...

April 19, 2026 | Jacob Nagel |

Trump cannot settle for uranium removal in efforts to remove Iran’s nuclear threat

The US-Israel campaign against Iran has made progress, but key threats like Iran’s nuclear and missile programs still remain unresolved and require urgent attention.

April 16, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz, Ben Cohen

How the Iran war is helping Lebanon and Israel tiptoe toward peace

One of the paradoxes of war is that it can jolt peacemakers into action when conventional diplomacy fails. That’s what appears to be underway right now between Israel and Lebanon.As a direct result...

April 14, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iraq focuses on political appointees, economic challenges amid Iran ceasefire

On April 14, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani met with French Ambassador to Iraq Patrick Durrel. “Mr. Al-Sudani emphasized the necessity for major powers to exert utmost efforts to curb escalation...

April 9, 2026 | Justin Leopold-Cohen, Ryan Brobst, Bradley Bowman

Israel Partners With U.S. To Accelerate Arrow Interceptor Production

Following a lethal Iranian ballistic missile strike in Haifa, Israel announced on April 6 a plan to partner with a U.S.-based manufacturer to accelerate production of Arrow missile defense interceptors....

April 7, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Israeli Strikes Target Iran’s Chemical Weapons Program

Israel has been systematically striking key Iranian facilities that support or could support the development of chemical weapons.  In its latest sorties, on April 7, Israel struck the...

April 7, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iranian ballistic missile cluster munitions strike dozens of sites in Israeli cities

Iran’s increasing use of ballistic missiles containing cluster munitions has spread damage and harm across Israel. On April 6, as many as 50 sites were impacted by missiles and their cluster...

April 6, 2026 | |

Iran’s Largest Petrochemical Complex Struck by IDF

Israel Strikes Iran’s Largest Petrochemical Plant: The Israeli Air Force launched strikes against Iran’s largest petrochemical plant, Asaluyeh, on April 6. According to Israeli...

April 6, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur, Aaron Goren

IDF: Palestinian terrorists violate Gaza ceasefire 22 times since start of Iran war

While the United States and Israel continue to carry out combined strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has not halted its strikes against Hamas and other Palestinian...

April 1, 2026 | Tzvi Kahn |

Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: April

Welcome back to the Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They provide trendlines of very positive, positive, neutral, negative, or very negative for the areas they watch. ...

March 31, 2026 | Peter Doran |

Israel revealed its true colors after ugly Palm Sunday screw-up

Holy Week in the Holy Land began with online hysteria. After Catholic Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and three prelates were wrongly denied access to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre...