The Houthis join Iran’s attacks on Israel
The Houthis are the only Iranian proxy to openly attack Israel in solidarity with Iran during the latter two countries’ most recent conflict. The Yemeni terrorist group has fired ballistic missiles at...
Lebanon
‘They strike, we dance’ — Iranians damn the regime amid Israeli barrage
Cries of “Death to Khamenei” filled the night air in Tehran on June 15, rising above the thunder of Israeli airstrikes. The same defiant chorus had echoed through the city the night before,...
Op-eds
Yet Another ‘Divine Victory’
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Op-eds
Israeli airstrikes eliminate senior Iranian military officials
Since the beginning of Israel’s military campaign against Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure, the Israeli military has targeted and eliminated key figures belonging to the Islamic...
Op-eds
Why Hezbollah is unlikely to engage in the Israel-Iran war—for now
Israel’s inevitable strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities has finally occurred. The Israelis on Friday launched extensive, non-stop airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites, coupled with...
Op-eds
Egyptian Media Turns Israeli Operation Against Iran Into Anti-Israel Messaging Tool
Egyptian media has painted a picture of Israel’s Operation Rising Lion that bears little resemblance to reality. While American media have reported on Israel’s military gains, Tehran’s limited...
Policy Briefs
Israel targets IRGC general and disrupts Iranian banks (June 17 updates)
A sweeping Israeli campaign on June 17 delivered a series of coordinated military strikes and cyber operations that placed the Islamic Republic of Iran under mounting pressure. Israel eliminated the most...
Op-eds
Israel cannot settle for a temporary military win, it must topple the Islamic regime
For Israel, this is not a conventional conflict, it is a confrontation with a country that is determined to destroy the Jewish State.
Op-eds
Iranian drone and missile attacks against Israel: June 13–16, 2025
David Daoud is senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where he focuses on Israel, Hezbollah, and Lebanon affairs. Ahmad Sharawi is a research analyst at the Foundation for...
Op-eds
Israel’s Air Defenses Stand Firm Under Iranian Fire
Over 90 Percent Interception Rate: Iran has fired over 270 missiles targeting Israeli population centers since Israel began its systematic strikes against the regime’s nuclear,...
Flash Briefs
Elaborate ‘deception operation’ orchestrated by Trump and Israel’s Netanyahu to decapitate Iran’s leadership and cripple nuclear program
620 days ago, Tehran's theocratic genocidal regime was beating its chest. Their terrorist proxy Hamas had recently murdered 1,200 people in Israel and taken over 450 hostages. Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists attacked from the south. The Islamic Republic's most deadly terrorists army in Hezbollah struck from the north in Lebanon in a growing Middle East war. And Tehran's ally in Syria, dictator Bashar al-Assad, looked on.
Op-eds
Israel’s home front faces Iranian missile, drone attacks
On the first day of the conflict between Israel and Iran that began early in the morning on June 13, Israel was struck by approximately 10 Iranian missiles that penetrated the country’s defenses....
Op-eds
UNIFIL Was Intended to Be a Temporary Force, and It Has Now Outlived Its Utility
After nearly five decades, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) mission may be ending. Israel supports the Trump administration’s decision not to extend the force’s mandate, according...
Policy Briefs
US adds Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib Imam Ali to list of terror organizations
The US Treasury Department added Kataib Imam Ali (the “Imam Ali Brigades”) to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists on June 12, 2025. Kataib Imam Ali is one of the many Iraqi...
Op-eds
Israel’s Iran ‘Decapitation Strategy’ Is Reshaping the Middle East
Key Points and Summary: Israel’s massive air assault on Iran on June 13th, part of “Operation Rising Lion,” was a dramatic decapitation strike targeting top military and scientific leaders....
Op-eds
Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: June 2–June 8, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous activities throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between June 2 and June 8. The IDF’s operations last week included the broadest and most intense Israeli strikes in the Dahiyeh suburbs of Beirut since the November 27, 2024 ceasefire, targeting alleged Hezbollah drone production and storage facilities.
Op-eds
Weakened Tehran Regime Hangs Innocent Man on Espionage Charges in Attempt to Show Strength
Pedram Madani is dead. Iran hanged the 41-year-old father of one on May 28 on charges of spying for Israel, a classic judicial fabrication that Tehran has wielded in the past to justify the execution...
Op-eds
The Iranian Regime of War and Death
When I was in elementary school in Baghdad, in the early 1980s, teachers took us to the streets to shout angry slogans against “Khomeini the Hypocrite” for refusing to end Iran’s war with Iraq. Little...
Op-eds
Why the Polisario Front Threatens Morocco—and the Region
An independent Western Sahara run by the Polisario Front would likely turn into another source of regional insecurity.
Op-eds
Lebanon Is Conceding to Hezbollah’s Post-War Reconstruction Demands
Hezbollah has rejected calls to disarm, and now, Lebanon is conceding its best — if not only — leverage. On June 3, Lebanese television station Al Jadeedrevealed that President Joseph Aoun appointed...