U.S. Sanctions Iranian Entities for Helping Russia Build Drones
The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled new sanctions on February 23 against hundreds of entities complicit in Russia’s war in Ukraine, including a network of Iranian entities that...
John Kirby
Iran Has Already Sent Missiles to Russia, Report Says
Iran has already provided Russia with a significant number of surface-to-surface ballistic missiles and plans to send more soon, Reuters reported on February 21. Three Iranian sources...
Flash Briefs
U.S. Strikes IRGC and Iranian-Backed Proxies in Iraq and Syria
U.S. forces began retaliatory strikes on February 2 against Iran-backed Shiite militias and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia group targets...
Flash Briefs
Should America strike back at Iran?
Tehran knows that it's winning its proxy wars
Op-eds
China Urges Iran to Halt Houthi Attacks in Red Sea
China urged Iran to pressure the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen to end their attacks against Red Sea commercial shipping, Iranian sources told Reuters in a January 25 report....
Flash Briefs
Russian Munitions Production Higher But Still Insufficient
In an interview published on January 15, Major General Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate, or GUR, provided assessments of Russia’s production rate...
Op-eds
Pathetic: As Hamas plays sick games with hostages 100 days in, Biden whines he’s losing patience with Israel
One hundred days. That’s reportedly how long the world’s only Jewish state is allowed to fight for its survival against a barbaric, Iranian-backed terrorist organization before President Biden loses...
Op-eds
The US Should Not Tie Israel-Saudi Normalization to a Palestinian State
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters this week that Saudi Arabia still has a “clear interest” in normalizing relations with Israel, but that moving forward would require a “practical...
Op-eds
South Africa Wages Lawfare Against Israel at the ICJ
South Africa initiated proceedings against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on December 29, alleging that Israel’s response to the largest murder of Jews since the Holocaust has included...
Policy Briefs
U.S. Rejects ‘Meritless’ South Africa ICJ Case Against Israel
U.S. National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby on January 3 called South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) “meritless, counterproductive, and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever ...
Flash Briefs
Israel and Hamas Agree to Two-Day Extension of Pause in Fighting
Israel and the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas agreed on November 27 to a two-day extension of the four-day pause in fighting begun on November 24, which would otherwise have lapsed...
Flash Briefs
U.S. Weighs Re-Designating Yemen’s Houthis as Terrorist Group
The Biden administration is considering re-designating the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as a terrorist organization, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters...
Flash Briefs
Remains of Two Israeli Hostages Recovered from Near Shifa Hospital
Israel announced on November 17 that it has identified and repatriated the bodies of two Israelis kidnapped by Hamas during its surprise attack last month. Israeli forces found the...
Flash Briefs
War Goal Is Destruction of Hamas, Not Gaza Occupation Says Israel
When asked to describe post-war Gaza, “Hamas will be gone. We’ll destroy Hamas,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 9. He added, “What we have to...
Flash Briefs
The Iranian proxy war in Syria against the US, Israel grows
More than 40 attacks on US forces by Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.
Op-eds
Saudi Arabia Buys Time for Normalization Talks With America and Israel
Saudi Arabia has extended a deadline for bids from foreign companies to build the kingdom’s first nuclear power reactors. The extension could allow Riyadh, Jerusalem, and Washington to finalize normalization...
Policy Briefs
In Israel vs. Hamas, China Backs Iran vs. America
China’s response to the Israel-Hamas war draws from the same playbook Beijing has applied to the Ukraine war since last year. Beijing is backing the interests of its main anti-U.S. ally in the region...
Memos
No Reliable Data on Gaza Death Count
Latest Developments Citing the Gaza Health Ministry, media outlets reported on November 6 that more than 10,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza since Hamas provoked a war with Israel on October 7. Despite...
Flash Briefs
Antisemitism, Russian Disinformation and the West
As Russia falsely accuses the West and Ukraine of inciting antisemitic violence on Russian territory, perhaps it’s time for the West to use its own information operations to set the record straight.
Op-eds
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah to Deliver Friday Speech
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is scheduled to deliver a speech on November 3, his first public address since Hamas’s terrorist attack on October 7. Nasrallah is due to speak...