Israel

The U.S. Needs Its Mideast Bases

If America won’t finish the job in Iran, leaving the Gulf Arab states would turn a failure into a rout.

6 Reasons Why Qatar’s U.S. Financial Footprint Warrants Scrutiny

Qatar, a Persian Gulf emirate roughly the size of Connecticut, possesses outsized wealth by sitting atop the world’s largest natural gas reservoir. FDD has meticulously documented that this tiny country...

Mapping Qatar’s $400 Billion Footprint in the United States

Strait Victory: Bypassing Iran’s Hormuz Chokepoint

Several Iranian-backed militias in Iraq say they accept state control of weapons

On June 3 in Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi met with delegations from Asaib Ahl al Haq and Kataib Imam Ali, two Iranian-backed Iraqi militias. He thanked the group’s leadership for supporting...

Genocide Accusation: Pretoria Plays for Time

*This article was originally published in French Excerpt There are trials whose verdict matters little- far less than the act of dragging them out. Since January 2024, South Africa has accused...

Israel Seizes Medieval Fortress in Renewed Effort To Defeat Hezbollah

After an interval of 26 years, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has again captured Beaufort Castle, a 12th century fortress that occupies strategic high ground in the South Lebanon Security Zone that was...

For the War to Stop, Hezbollah Must Be Disarmed

The Lebanese government, which has voted three times to disarm Hezbollah since the summer of 2025, now faces an inescapable choice. If the cabinet decides to finish off Iran’s proxy militia, Israel will...

US Syria Envoy Barrack tapped for Syria and Iraq role

On May 31, President Donald Trump said he was naming US Ambassador Tom Barrack as special presidential envoy to Syria and Iraq. The announcement came a day after it had appeared that Barrack’s role as...

TikTok warped Americans’ view of the Iran war — one post at a time

American military forces deployed an impressive range of weaponry against the Iranian regime during Operation Epic Fury — but Tehran’s allies may have been striking back on an entirely different...

Israel Risks Another “Managed” Conflict in Lebanon

Arecent flurry of diplomatic activity suggests Israel is restricted to a managed conflict, echoing previous inconclusive rounds of fighting. A new or partial ceasefire could give Hezbollah a morale boost...

Syria holds elections in Kurdish-majority areas, finds Assad-era chemical weapons

Syria held elections in Kurdish-majority areas of the country on May 24, with some politicians and commentators criticizing them for not being representative. Days after the local elections,...

6 Essential Requirements for a Good Iran Nuclear Deal

A new U.S.-Iran nuclear deal may soon emerge — or at least an initial memorandum of understanding (MOU) to be fleshed out over 60 days. President Donald Trump pledged on May 27 that the United States...

Iran Thinks It Can Still Pull Off One Last Trick

Trump Has Iran on the ropes. Now he must resist the bad deal.

Commerce Department to Allow Volvo Sales Despite Chinese Ownership, Espionage Concerns

Volvo will be staying in the American market despite concerns that its vehicles may vacuum up data for delivery to the firm’s majority shareholders in China. On May 27, Bloomberg reported that the...

Israel reportedly targets Imam Hossein Division missile commander in Beirut strike

On May 28, at approximately 2 pm, the Israeli Air Force targeted an apartment on the second floor of the Rayyan Project building, near Shuwayfat’s Ajniha Al Khamsa area, just southeast...

U.S. Marines Moving Ahead with Israeli Interceptor Technology

The conflict with Iran revealed that the U.S. has substantial air and missile defense vulnerabilities, especially against drones. Thankfully, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) is making progress to...

IDF kills new Hamas military leader, reports 10 ceasefire violations May 21–May 28

Mohammed Odeh commanded Hamas’s military wing for 10 days before being eliminated by the IDF on May 26. Several of his subordinates were also eliminated as the IDF continued to increase the pace and...

How Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Influence Global Narratives — and AI Systems

If you ask Google what Al Jazeera is, the answer you receive draws heavily on Wikipedia. The same is true if you ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or many other large language models. Wikipedia has become the working...

Court of Appeals Temporarily Reinstates Sanctions on Antisemitic UN Envoy Francesca Albanese

Reversing a lower court’s decision, a federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated U.S. sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN envoy who, according to the State Department, “has spewed unabashed...