U.S. strike eliminates key Kata’ib Hezbollah commander
A U.S. drone strike in the Iraqi capital killed Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) commander Wissam Muhammed Saber, who was “directly planning and participating in attacks” on American troops in the...
January
Internal Violence Has Become a Nightmare for Israeli Arabs
The wave of violence and crime among Israeli Arabs has become a major problem. Among the latest victims are Omar and Muhammad Khaldi, father and son, who were gunned down in northern Israel in...
Op-eds
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Hurras al-Din reach a new accord
On Feb. 10, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Hurras al-Din (HAD) reached a new accord. The agreement was forged after nearly two weeks of vitriolic debate — the latest in a series of disagreements...
Op-eds
Outrage over German Institute’s Hosting of Pro-Hamas, Hezbollah Speaker
The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in the city of Halle sparked international criticism because the pro-Hezbollah and allegedly antisemitic activist Norman Finkelstein is slated to...
Op-eds
German public university to host boycott Israel lecture
Ruhr University Bochum—one of Germany’s largest public academic institutions—is slated to hold in March a Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment (BDS) lecture targeting the Jewish state...
Op-eds
Iran’s Diplomatic Path to the Bomb
Let’s assume the Iranian nuclear talks in Vienna fail to conclude a final agreement by Nov. 24, the already extended deadline under the interim Joint Plan of Action signed in January. Iran&...
Op-eds
The Italian Exception: Defeating the Anti-Semites
The headlines from Europe are all grim. Synagogues assaulted in France, Jews murdered at the Jewish Museum in Brussels and savagely beaten in the streets of Great Britain and Scandinavia, mobs of...
Op-eds
Foggy Bottom Targets Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
The Department of State today announced the designation of the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Bayt al Maqdis (A...
Policy Briefs
Frustration with Qatar Adds to GCC Security Dispute
In a striking new development, the governments of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday said they were withdrawing their ambassadors from Qatar. In a joint statement, th...
Op-eds
How Europe is Speed-Dating Iran
European companies were astonishingly quick to seek new business with Iran following the interim nuclear agreement the P5+1 states and Tehran reached in November 2013....
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
Chadian Forces Claim Raid Killed Top Algerian Jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar
By LWJ Staff Chadian military forces in Mali claimed to have killed fugitive al Qaeda affiliate Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the...
Op-eds
Senior IRGC Official Killed in Syria ‘was No Less Than Mughniyah’
By David Barnett On Feb. 13, press reports stated that General Hassan Shateri had been killed in Syria. The circumstances and exact date of Shateri's death are not entirely...
Op-eds
Israel-Hamas Fight More Risky in a Changed Mideast
When Israel launched retaliatory air and ground attacks against Palestinians in 2008, Egypt's president at the time showed no sympathy for the Palestinian cause. He closed the border with th...
Op-eds
Countdown to the Red Line in Iran
After the 'cripple date,' it will likely take six months for the regime to truly feel the bite.
Op-eds
A Defense of Drone Attacks in Pakistan Under Humanitarian Law
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, international law has had to grapple with the fundamental challenges that large-scale violence carried out by non-state actors pos...
Op-eds
The Global Economic Crisis and Iraq’s Future
Last summer, when oil prices reached all-time highs virtually every day, it seemed that one of the few silver linings was a more stable future for Iraq. Surging oil prices appeared to give Iraq a...
Op-eds
Pakistani military repels Taliban assault on South Waziristan fort
A sketch map of North and South Waziristan. Map from The Khyber Gateway. Click to view. The Pakistani military repelled a Taliban assault on a fort in the lawless South Waziristan...
Op-eds
Pakistan signs peace accord in Orakzai tribal agency
The Pakistani government has negotiated yet another peace agreement with the Taliban in the tribal agencies bordering Afghanistan. The latest a...
Op-eds
Peacekeepers with No Peace to Keep
Somewhere along the crooked path that runs from the collapse of the Soviet Union that signaled the emergence of the United States as the world's lone superpower to the seemingly intractable...