Saddam Hussein

Israel sends beepers into the battle with Hezbollah

While Biden sounds another retreat

Hezbollah’s worst nightmare: Chaos in its ranks

Hezbollah, a highly trained and disciplined terrorist group, is now facing chaos and vulnerability after a large number of its members were injured by exploding communication devices.

Twenty-three years into the long war

The threat matrix keeps expanding

Responding forcefully to the Axis of Resistance

Iran has defined itself in opposition to Israel, the United States, and the wider West since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Over the course of half a century of complex regional and global events, the clerical...

Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb

America’s ‘self-defeat’ in Afghanistan

Three years after the U.S. withdrawal, lessons should have been learned

Enough is enough: NATO must suspend cooperation with Turkey

Under the brutally authoritarian rule of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, its diehard Islamist president, it has stood out as the alliance’s greatest liability.

Turkey’s President Threatens Military Action Against Israel

Latest Developments Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened military action against Israel on July 28, a day after 12 children in the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams were killed by a rocket...

At the scene of the Tel Aviv drone attack

Witness the scene as Tel Aviv attempts to deal with yet another fallout from Iranian-backed proxies.

Drone threat to Tel Aviv is wake-up call to Iran’s multi-front threats

A suspected drone attack on Tel Aviv early Friday has killed one and injured ten, sparking concerns over Israel's drone defense capabilities.

Rumors Swirl Over Hamas Move From Qatar to Iraq

Hamas may relocate its political headquarters from Qatar to Iraq, unnamed sources told The National on June 24. The Iran-backed group already opened a political office in Baghdad...

Lessons, 10 years after ISIS took over Mosul

The defeat of ISIS took years. However, Iraq was able to mobilize against the extremists.

Did Raisi’s outreach to Arab states pave the way for Oct. 7?

Iran sought to derail any Saudi-Israeli normalization deal, which October 7 did; as such, it exploited October 7 to change the regional order.

Kuwait: Islamists and the end of Arab democracy

Installing democracy in a society without a tradition of liberty is like handing car keys to an unlicensed driver

Kuwait Emir visits Egypt, meets with leaders over Rafah concerns

Cairo and Kuwait City meet to discuss humanitarian crisis in Gaza and necessity of ensuring peace in region.

The Despotic Duo

Russo-Iranian Cooperation and Threats to U.S. Interests

Israel Promises Response to Iran Attack as World Leaders Urge Restraint

Israel’s war cabinet decided to strike back at Iran “clearly and forcefully” during a closed-door meeting on April 15. The Times of Israel, citing Israel’s Channel 12, reported that the cabinet chose to respond to send a message that Israel “would not allow an attack of that magnitude against it to pass without a...

Twenty Years of Israel-U.S. Air Defense Investment Pays Off

Israel’s successful interception of Iran’s massive drone and missile attack underscores the success of military cooperation between Washington and Jerusalem.

Iran has ten ways to attack Israel; which one will it choose?

Iran's vowed punishment of Israel might manifest either through proxies or direct means, including ballistic missiles and drones.

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...