Military intelligence

April 15, 2026 | Craig Singleton, Jack Burnham

China Criticizes Iran War as Beijing Supports Tehran Under the Table

China is trying to have it both ways in the U.S.-Iran conflict. On April 14, Chinese leader Xi Jinping criticized Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports and called for a diplomatic resolution during...

March 31, 2026 | David Daoud |

Israel kills Al Manar employee Ali Shuaib, says he was a Hezbollah military operative

On the morning of Saturday, March 28, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted a press-marked vehicle on the Jezzine-Kfarhouna road in south Lebanon. The strike killed Ali Shuaib, an employee of the...

March 24, 2026 | Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell

The Islamic State’s targeting of a Chinese mine in Congo proves the group is a resilient threat

Between March 11 and 12, the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP) attacked and destroyed a Chinese-owned mine in Muchacha in Congo’s Ituri Province, more than 50 kilometers outside of the...

March 19, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz |

Operation Roaring Lion Is Rewriting the Rules of War Against Iran

Operation Roaring Lion, Israel’s ongoing military campaign against the clerical regime in Iran, should not be understood as a short-duration punitive campaign. It is rather a sustained military operation...

January 23, 2026 | David Daoud |

IDF details role and methods of Hezbollah’s local liaison operatives

On January 21, at 10:47 am, an Israeli drone targeted a vehicle on the Bazouriyeh-Burj Shemali Road, east of the city of Tyre, in the South Lebanon Governorate’s Tyre District. The location of the...

November 20, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hezbollah fires rockets six miles from Israel, targeting UNIFIL posts

Hezbollah has been launching rockets just miles from Israel’s northern border and has shown a willingness to target UNIFIL bases.

July 12, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: July 12, 2024

Today’s Issue: Report on Be’eri Attacks: Army Failed to Protect Kibbutz, Bravery of Residents and Rapid Responders Commendable | IDF Raids Gaza City UNRWA Headquarters, Finds Weapons, Drone Parts,...

April 22, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: April 22, 2024

Today’s Issue: Aharon Haliva, Head of Military Intelligence, Submits His Resignation | IDF Kills 14 Terrorists and Arrests 15 in Counterterrorism Operation in Nur Shams | Suspect Arrested in West Bank...

December 18, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel Faces Pressure to Shift to “Low Intensity” Conflict in Gaza

The change of approach that the international community expects from the IDF may leave Hamas in power.

November 2, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The key figures leading Israel’s military campaign to destroy Hamas in Gaza

Here are the masterminds directing each aspect of the IDF operation

April 26, 2023 | Natalie Ecanow |

New European Sanctions Target Assad Regime Narco-Traffickers

The European Union (EU) announced sanctions this week on over a dozen Syrian individuals and entities responsible for “the production and trafficking of narcotics, notably Captagon.” The designations...

July 1, 2022 | Jacob Nagel |

Iran’s nuclear aspirations cannot be legitimized

Senior Israeli officials who endorse a nuclear deal with Iran are undermining Israel's interests. Without an agreement, Iran's efforts to become a nuclear threshold state will be from a position of weakness, while Israel and the US will have legitimacy, urgency, and targets with which to inflict critical harm.

August 13, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Afghanistan Is a Failure of Military Intelligence—and Common Sense

Wars are not fought on paper.

April 8, 2021 | Andrea Stricker |

OPCW Member States Must Counter Russian Obstruction

November 20, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir, Brenna Knippen

Treasury Sanctions an Islamic State Network in Turkey – For the Third Time this Year

The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated three Turkish entities and two Turkish citizens on Monday for “providing critical financial and logistical support to ISIS.” These designations – the...

December 23, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The Futility of Obama’s Letter Writing Campaign to Iran’s Regime

President Obama has penned at least four letters to Iran&rs...

September 8, 2014 | Tony Badran |

A Syrian Christian Businessman May Be Serving As The Assad Regime’s Liaison With ISIS

For a long time, the conventional narrative about the rise of the Islamic State (IS) has been that the jihadist group owes its rise to financial support from Gulf donors. However, as it...

January 9, 2014 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

How A Weak Iran Deal Makes Us All Less Safe and War More Likely

The debate over whether Israel would launch an attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities to blunt Tehran’s nuclear ambitions has always loomed large in the mind of Western policymakers...

February 15, 2013 | Tony Badran |

Iran and Israel Fight, Lebanon Loses

It’s been more than two weeks since the Israeli airstrike in Syria against the arms convoy headed for Hezbollah in Lebanon. Bits of information, coupled with ominous ...

May 10, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Suicide Bombers Kill 55 in Syrian Capital

A pair of suicide bombers killed at least 55 people and wounded 372 more in a coordinated attack on a military intelligence headquarters in the Syrian capital of Damascus. One suicide bo...