Saleh al-Arouri

January 20, 2025 | |

Released Palestinians Greeted with Terrorist Flags, Notorious Terrorists Set for Release in Future Rounds

Israel Releases 90 Imprisoned Palestinians Following Recovery of 3 Hostages: Following the January 19 freeing of three Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity, Israel released 90...

January 3, 2025 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

The Shadow War

A review of Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar, “Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination—and Secret Diplomacy—to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East” (Simon & Schuster, 2023).

October 9, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi, Sophia Epley

U.S. Sanctions Additional Hamas Operatives With Ties to Turkey

The United States sanctioned three Turkey-based individuals and one sham charity on Monday, designating them as prominent international financial supporters of Hamas. The sanctions, imposed on the first...

October 9, 2024 | David Daoud |

The countdown to Nasrallah’s assassination began with Majdal Shams

He certainly didn’t know it, but Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah signed his death warrant on July 27. That day, an errant Hezbollah rocket landed on a soccer field in Majdal Shams in the...

October 9, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Israel eliminated Nasrallah’s successor

The Israeli army successfully assassinated Hashem Safieddine, the likely successor to Hezbollah’s veteran Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel had also killed just two weeks ago....

September 18, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

From chaos to fear: Hezbollah’s dilemma

Hezbollah faces crisis after thousands of pagers exploded across Lebanon and Syria, killing ten and wounding thousands, including the Iranian ambassador, causing chaos and fear.

August 9, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi, Sophia Epley

Pro-Hamas Protesters in Turkey Call for Military Strikes Against Israel

Thousands of protestors took to the streets of Istanbul on August 3 to express their anger over the death of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Iran on July 31. Emboldened by President...

July 31, 2024 | |

After Eliminating Ismail Haniyeh, Israel’s Hunt for Hamas Leaders Continues

The strike in Tehran on July 31 that killed Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s seniormost political leader, brings to four the number of Hamas’s top leaders eliminated since the October...

July 31, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iranian terror suffers major setback with Ismail Haniyeh’s death

Taken together, the possible elimination of Deif and the death of Haniyeh are serious setbacks for Hamas and the Iranian-backed terror axis.

July 31, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Ismail Haniyeh’s Killing in Iran Brings Israel Closer to Victory

The death of Hamas’ leader leaves the organization headless and less able to develop a strategy going forward.

July 14, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel continues to assess whether Hamas commander Deif was killed in airstrikes

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted the head of Hamas’s armed forces in Gaza and one of its remaining brigade commanders in a series of airstrikes in south Gaza on July 13. The strikes...

June 27, 2024 | Max Meizlish, Sinan Ciddi

Turkey Should Remain on FATF Grey List

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is expected to announce on Friday whether it will remove Turkey from its so-called grey list of jurisdictions that warrant increased monitoring. While Turkey anticipates...

June 27, 2024 | |

Erdogan Backs Hezbollah in War with Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged on June 26 to back Lebanon if a full-scale war breaks out between Iran’s terrorist proxy Hezbollah and Israel. In a speech to parliamentarians...

June 11, 2024 | David Daoud, Ahmad Sharawi

Hezbollah escalates in the shadow of US-Israel tensions over Rafah

Hezbollah intensified its attacks against Israel since early May—shifting from pulling its punches on causing Israeli casualties to noticeably seeking to draw blood. Of the twenty-four Israelis slain...

May 23, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi |

Erdogan’s Turkey: Champion of Hamas, and an adversary of the West

Press conferences convened by heads of government, are usually carefully planned and choreographed occasions. Typically, prior to taking the podium, each leader’s staff usually finesse their agreed-upon...

May 2, 2024 | |

Qatar-Owned Al-Jazeera to Close Israel Bureau Pending Israeli Cabinet Vote

Israel’s attorney general, Gali Baharav-Miara, greenlit the closure of Qatar-owned Al-Jazeera’s Israel-based news operations on May 2, allowing the Israeli cabinet to bring the...

April 30, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey Cannot Be a Mediator in the Gaza War

The Turkish government led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not shy about its enthusiastic support of Hamas. Last month Erdogan shocked observers after declaring “Turkey is a country that stands firmly behind...

April 22, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Understanding Israel-Hezbollah Clashes Since October 7

After six months of trading fire, we can observe three distinct stages of the fighting between Israel and the Iranian proxy group.

April 12, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi, Melissa Sacks

Hamas’ Enablers in the Turkish Government

Links to the terrorist group rise to the top of the ruling party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

March 27, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Are leaders of Hamas taking a ‘victory’ tour in Iran?

Hamas believes that patience and perseverance will lead to victory in Gaza, and the Hamas leadership thinks it has growing international support while it has suffered no international consequences.