In 2025, Israel’s Gaza Campaign Is Not Over
Despite multiple IDF campaigns, Hamas continues to recruit fighters.
Mosul
The Islamic State and Iran remain determined to attack the US
Despite the recent successes of federal law enforcement agencies, the number of attempted attacks underscores these adversaries’ determination. Since the October 8 arrest of an Afghan man...
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US military strikes Islamic State camps and personnel in central Syria
On December 16, the US military launched a second round of strikes against Islamic State personnel and infrastructure in Syria since the fall of the regime of Bashir al Assad on December 8. US operations...
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Syrian regime may lose Aleppo due to Iran’s failures
Up until several days ago, the Syrian regime believed its backers in Moscow and Tehran could keep it safe.
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Destroyed by ISIS, a historic minaret in Mosul rises again
The repairs to this site which is in the old city of Mosul on the western bank of the Tigris river that runs through the city, is an important accomplishment.
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What does it feel like to drive through Jabalya, northern Gaza, with the IDF?
Reporter's Notebook: Spending a day with the IDF in northern Gaza, into the heart of Jabalya.
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David Petraeus Is Wrong: Counterinsurgency Won’t Work in Gaza
When you only have a hammer. . .
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Lessons, 10 years after ISIS took over Mosul
The defeat of ISIS took years. However, Iraq was able to mobilize against the extremists.
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Israel’s Catch-22 in Rafah
Israel does not want to run the Gaza Strip, and yet that may allow Hamas to regroup.
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Invading Rafah: The lessons IDF should take from northern Gaza
As Israel looks towards a future operation in Rafah, the battle will be overshadowed by lessons learned from other parts of the Gaza operation over the last five months.
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Is Gaza Really the Biggest Case of Arab Suffering?
What would a Sudanese person watching that country’s renewed civil war — which has killed 14,000, displaced eight million, and threatens 17 million with famine in less than a year — think when...
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Israel SitRep: Jan. 25, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Conducts West Bank Counter-Terror Operations, Arrests Wanted Men, Seizes Weapons | In Southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, IDF Forces Find Weapons, Kill ‘Dozens of Terrorists’ | IDF...
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Comparing Gaza with Mosul
When the war broke out in Gaza, observers made a number of comparisons to the challenges faced by the US-backed anti-ISIS coalition in the battle of Mosul. I was in northern Iraq when it began in October...
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Israel-Hamas war: How quickly can Hamas recover from Gaza defeat?
Hamas units in northern Gaza have been surrounded. They have been pushed out of numerous neighborhoods such as Sheikh Ijlin, Shait, Beit Hanoun, Rimal, parts of Zaytun and Jabalya.
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Three Weeks of Ground War in Gaza
On Saturday, November 18, Israel’s war in Gaza reached its 43rd day and the ground offensive in Gaza has now reached its three-week mark. This war, Israel’s leaders say, is going to be long....
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The Ground War in Gaza Begins
The week of fighting on the ground that began on Saturday, October 27 was tough. There were Israeli military casualties and Gazan civilian casualties. The worst incident for Israel came when a Namer...
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Israel’s enemies may see the war in Gaza as a road to Jerusalem – analysis
The Gaza Strip was first occupied by Egypt after the partition of British Mandate Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state.
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Israel May Tread Carefully With a Two-Front War Threat
Israel has prepared for the possibility of a multi-front war for a decade. Historically, Israel has faced off against threats from the north and south. In 1967 and 1973, it defeated large conventional...
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The hidden danger in Khamenei’s multi-phased plan: will Iran go nuclear?
The fourth stage in Khamenei’s satanic plan is a breakout to a nuclear weapon under the cover of a general war.
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What Israel can learn from the battle for Mosul
Israel’s fight against Hamas has been compared to the war against Isis between 2015 and 2019. That war was largely waged in Iraq and Syria, and one of the most important battles was the struggle to retake Mosul from the Islamists in 2017. ...