Karbala

November 23, 2024 | |

Israeli Strike Eliminates Hezbollah Leader Responsible for Killing Americans

Israel Eliminates Daqduq: An IDF airstrike in Syria killed Ali Musa Daqduq, a senior Hezbollah commander who was responsible for the murder of American service personnel during...

October 2, 2024 | David Daoud, Ahmad Sharawi

The impact of Israeli operations on Hezbollah’s organizational structure

Israel seems set on liquidating Hezbollah. Beginning with its assassination of the group’s chief of staff, Fuad Shukr, on July 30, the Israelis have been decimating Hezbollah’s senior leadership in...

February 28, 2023 | Joe Truzman |

Hezbollah Fighter Killed Under Unclear Circumstances

On Feb. 24, Hezbollah’s media outfit published a statement mourning the death of its fighter Ali Yahya al-Zayin. “The Islamic Resistance [Hezbollah] grieves the loss of the martyr fighter Ali Yahya...

November 19, 2021 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Helping Iran fail in Iraq

Hours after the failed Nov. 7 assassination attempt on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi, pro-Iran militias in Iraq claimed responsibility but denied that Tehran had ordered the attack. Not only...

April 14, 2020 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Iran vs. Trump: Suleimani’s Legacy, and Khamenei’s Ambitions

The supreme leader and Trump may well end the long-running, region-defining clash. We just don't know yet quite how.

March 24, 2020 | Bill Roggio |

State designates Iran-backed League of the Righteous as Foreign Terrorist Organization

The U.S. Department of State has added Asaib Ahl al Haq, an Iranian-backed Iraqi Shia terror group also known as “League of the Righteous,” to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Additionally,...

March 10, 2020 | Tony Badran |

Crisis Of The Iranian Order

The “transnational”: this is how Qassem Soleimani, the former head of Iran’s Qods Force, who was killed in a January U.S. missile strike in Baghdad, is described in Hezbollah-run schools in Lebanon....

February 20, 2020 | John Hannah |

Iraq Needs Regime Change Again

Musical chairs in the Iraqi parliament can no longer solve the country's problems.

November 6, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

Selective anti-imperialism

The world’s most despotic empires do not concern Ilhan Omar and her fans.

September 7, 2018 | Bill Roggio

Iraqi Militant Qayis Khazali Warned Us About Iran. We Ignored Him.

Iran has its tentacles all over Iraq, and the United States has no one to blame but itself. It is a bipartisan failure dating back to the March 2003 invasion. Even after the Bush administration a...

November 16, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Iran’s ISIS Trap

Co-written with Ray Takeyh The choice seems simple. On one side are regally attired mullahs, the type that have protected Persia’s pre-Islamic treasures and even tweet in...

November 5, 2015 | |

Panzer auf der Landebahn

Bei seiner Antrittsrede vor den iranischen Revolutionsgarden am 16. September 2013 schlug der neu gewählte Präsident Hassan Rohani den versammelten Kommandeuren einen Deal vor: Die Revo...

September 29, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Barbarism of Iranian Militias Based in Iraq, Syria Being Seriously Overlooked

The US’s deadly strike on the al-Qaida-linked Khorasan group leader Mohsin al-Fadhli...

September 25, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

ISIS as a Common Enemy not Enough to Make US, Iran Allies, say Critics

The U.S. effort to stem Islamic State’s reign of terror in Syria and Iraq has America and one of its most bitter enemies - Iran - in the same camp, which some experts warn could be a recipe...

July 28, 2014 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

1979 Revisited: Judging the Iranian Revolution

Everyone has his or her own judgment as to what is the enduring lesson of the Iranian Revolution. Some are rooted in economic determinism, while others may find strength among social theories. To...

April 7, 2014 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran’s Nuclear Shadow

During the past decade, Western diplomats have been engaged in protracted negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran over its nuclear program. Though a deal remains elusive, Western policymak...

November 16, 2012 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Iraq Frees Hezbollah Commander Who Helped Mold Shia Terror Groups

Iraq has freed Musa Ali Daduq, the senior Hezbollah commander who was tasked by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to mold Shia terror groups into a Hezbollah-lik...

April 16, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Negotiating with Terror Sponsors

In today’s Wall Street Journal, Steve Hayes notes wha...

December 14, 2011 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please! |

Returning the Terrorists to Tehran

In January, 2007, five American soldiers were brutally murdered in Karbala, Iraq,  by a team of operatives who had been trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ foreign legion, the...

December 14, 2011 | |

Lebanon Smolders

Yesterday, a rocket fired from southern Lebanon missed its target in Israel. Instead it wounded a Lebanese woman, hinting at a possible pattern of things to come. While Hezbollah contends that it...