Mossad
Syria-Israel Talks Will Face a Turkish Test
Syria and Israel are back at the negotiating table after a seven-month pause in talks over a potential security agreement. On August 23, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani met with Mossad Director...
Policy Briefs
Israel strikes military airbase in Syria while warning Turkey
Israel conducted airstrikes on the Abu al Duhur military airport in northern Syria during the evening of August 17–18. Syria condemned the strikes as a violation of its sovereignty,...
Op-eds
How Russia turned Lindsey Graham’s death into a propaganda operation
The death of a public figure is a moment to reflect on a life of service and mourn a shared loss. But in Russia’s information war against the United States, the Kremlin transforms...
Op-eds
In Iran, Christians Are Prosecuted as ‘Zionist Traitors’
It takes little to be branded a traitor in the eyes of the Islamic Republic of Iran. But since the start of Operation Epic Fury, Iran’s Christian communities have been accused of something worse: being...
Op-eds
What Victory Looks Like When Your Foe Won’t Surrender
The U.S. can win without Iran acknowledging it lost
Op-eds
Regime Revisionism: Tehran’s War Before the Iran War
The Iran Breakdown
Why we have a TSA and a DHS
And the jihadis that make them necessary
Op-eds
Iraqi Security Institutions: The Latest Victims of Tehran’s Iraqi Proxies
The Iraqi government may not care about protecting Americans from Tehran’s militias, but it should certainly care about protecting its own citizens. Amidst bombardments against American assets in...
Policy Briefs
US and Israel strike more military targets, plus Iran’s leadership, repression units, and energy sites (March 17-18 updates)
The US campaign against Iran has continued to degrade the Islamic Republic’s military capacity, with thousands of targets struck, including missile infrastructure, air defenses, drone systems, and naval...
Op-eds
Blacklisting the Brotherhood
The Trump administration made history on November 24, 2025, when it issued an executive order calling for the U.S. government to designate “certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist...
Op-eds
Iran braces for internal unrest as US and Israeli attacks persist (March 14-16 updates)
From March 14 to 16, US and Israeli operations continued targeting key elements of the Islamic Republic’s military capabilities, including missile infrastructure, naval command sites, and facilities...
Op-eds
Israel Did Not Drag the US Into War
“If anything, I might have forced Israel’s hand,” President Donald Trump exclaimed to a journalist on March 3. He was answering a question posed by ABC News Senior Political Correspondent...
Op-eds
Kurdish opposition groups in Iran support protests, claim attacks on Tehran regime
Kurdish opposition groups in northwestern Iran have actively supported protests against the Iranian regime during the first two weeks of January. They have issued statements backing...
Op-eds
The Regime’s Reformists Are Back, but Iranians Rejected Them Long Ago
Once more, the Islamic Republic cloaks repression in the guise of reform. The Islamic Republic, which has long banned public dancing, unveiled women, and mixed-gender celebrations, is now projecting an...
Policy Briefs
Israel sends delegation to Egypt for ceasefire talks
Israel sent a delegation to Egypt on October 6 to take part in talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza. The Israeli delegation headed to Egypt in the wake of President Donald Trump announcing that...
Op-eds
New anti-Hamas militia emerges in Gaza
On August 21, an armed group in the Gaza Strip calling itself the Counterterrorism Strike Force (CSF) declared its formation. The group is among a handful of anti-Hamas militias that are reportedly managed...
Op-eds
Human Rights Are the Key to a Free Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s president will address the United Nations even as his government silences its citizens with the noose. Masoud Pezeshkian, scheduled to visit New York on September 23 for...
Op-eds
After the Strikes
Preventing an Iranian nuclear resurgence
Op-eds
Lessons from Doha: Eject Hamas now
Israel’s strike on Doha shattered the illusion that Hamas’s leaders could hide safely behind Gulf skylines. But a look further back shows this immunity had gaps. The...