Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command

March 1, 2026 | Joe Truzman |

Palestinian factions mourn death of Iran’s leader, stop short of threatening retaliation

Palestinian armed groups issued statements mourning the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and top military officials who were killed in a joint American-Israeli military...

November 27, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Palestinian Islamic Jihad reportedly rebuilding its presence in Syria

Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported on November 26 that Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Gaza-based terrorist group, has been “increasingly strengthening its military wing in Syria...

May 29, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Syria and Israel Are Finally Talking

Syria and Israel are talking — and this time, it is face to face. The two longtime adversaries, who have had little official contact over the decades, are reportedly engaged in dialogue to calm tensions...

March 7, 2025 | David Daoud, Ahmad Sharawi

A comparison of IDF and LAF activities in Lebanon post-November 27 ceasefire

The state of ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, which went into effect on November 27, 2024, has now officially expired. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has withdrawn from almost all areas occupied...

May 24, 2024 | |

Iran’s Terror Proxies Gather On Sidelines of Raisi’s Funeral

Representatives from Iran’s network of terror proxies convened on May 22 on the sidelines of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral. Raisi died alongside Iranian...

January 25, 2021 | Richard Goldberg, Saeed Ghasseminejad, Behnam Ben Taleblu, Matthew Zweig, Mark Dubowitz

Biden, Congress Should Defend Terrorism Sanctions Imposed on Iran

May 9, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer, Nicole Salter

Oman in the Middle

Muscat’s Balancing Act Between Iran and America

April 8, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

U.S. to designate IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization

July 14, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German government agency involved in violation of Iran sanctions

Co-written by Bjorn Stritzel A German government quality control agency and a private certification agency that works with it both violated EU sanctions and the federal agency&r...

August 3, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer CNN |

Why the Palestinians are Turning Against al-Assad

Even if Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad somehow survives the current uprising...

July 30, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Fate of Syria is in the Hands of … Palestinians?

For decades, the Assad regime in Syria was the most ardent regional champion of the Palestinian cause. When the country went to war with Israel in 1948, 1967, and 1973, it claimed to do so on beh...

July 25, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Slain Syrian Official Supported al Qaeda in Iraq

On July 18, a bomb killed at least three top officials from Bashar al Assad's crumbling regime. Among them was Assef Shawkat, the deputy defense minister and former head of Syrian military i...

July 24, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Blowback in Syria

On Wednesday, July 18, a bomb killed at least three top officials from Bashar al Assad’s crumbling regime. Among them was Assef Shawkat, the deputy defense minister and former head of Syria...

January 16, 2009 |

Syria and the Gaza Crisis

January 12, 2009 | |

A Third Lebanon War?

While the Gaza war enters its third week, the question of a second front remains very accurate. Even though lots of experts have asserted that Hezbollah would not enter the war at this point, som...