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January 31, 2025 | |

Iranian Foreign Minister Meets With Hamas and Qatari Leaders as Support for Proxies Persists  

Iran Pledges Continued Support for Hamas: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with officials of the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas in Doha on January 30, as well as Qatari...

October 22, 2024 | |

Hamas Leadership Regroups in Qatar Following Sinwar’s Death

A five-person ruling committee in Qatar will temporarily run Hamas in the wake of the killing of the terror group’s chief Yahya Sinwar in an Israel Defense Forces operation last...

September 26, 2024 | Mark Dubowitz, Ben Cohen

Failed diplomacy keeps Sinwar in control

Speculation about Sinwar's fate continues, but his absence and silence fuel uncertainty, hindering both hostage negotiations and hopes of resolving the ongoing conflict.

August 6, 2024 | |

Hamas Selects October 7 Terror Mastermind Yahya Sinwar as New Leader

Latest Developments The Iran-backed terrorist organization Hamas announced on August 6 that Yahya Sinwar — the Gaza-based leader who masterminded the October 7 Hamas onslaught on southern Israel —...

August 6, 2024 | Joe Truzman |

Hamas taps Yahya Sinwar to replace slain leader Ismail Haniyeh

Hamas has appointed Yahya Sinwar, aka Abu Ibrahim, as the new politburo chief and overall leader of the terrorist organization. A terse statement issued by Hamas on August 6 announced Sinwar’s...

April 10, 2024 | David Daoud |

Hezbollah’s expected Response to IRGC-QF Gen. Mohammad Zahedi’s killing

According to the Syrian Army, at 17:00 hours on April 1, Israel launched an airborne attack from over the Golan Heights, targeting a building in Damascus that it described as the Iranian consulate...

November 20, 2023 | Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

U.S. adds Iranian-backed militia, five commanders, and an IRGC operative to list of designated terrorists

The U.S. government added Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, an Iranian proxy militia, its secretary general, five members of terrorist organization Hezbollah Brigades, and an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps...

July 19, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

Ayman al Zawahiri is alive; Taliban and Al Qaeda “remain close,” UN reports

Ayman al Zawahiri, the head of Al Qaeda who served as Osama bin Laden’d deputy on 9/11, “is confirmed to be alive” and is “communicating freely,” according to a report from the United Nations’...

June 14, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Politicians Want Iran-Regime Center Ousted Over Antisemitism

Politicians in the northern German city of Hamburg rekindled on Monday a call from last year to cancel the city’s contract with an Iranian-regime controlled institution because it participa...

May 4, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer |

How Malaysia Became a Training Ground for Hamas

It was like a scene out of the Mission: Impossible series. ...

April 13, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Why Is Trump Going Soft on Hezbollah?

On Saturday, Vice President Mike Pence is set to meet with regional leaders at the Summit of the Americas, where he should tell those assembled that it is time to launch a coordinated campaign ag...

February 23, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

Neither Remaining Nor Expanding: The Islamic State’s Global Expansion Struggles

Co-written with Nathaniel Barr Judging from the Islamic State’s propaganda, it would appear the group is rapidly overtaking the Muslim world. The Islamic State has declare...

February 16, 2016 | David Weinberg

The Problem With Saudi Arabia’s ‘Terrorist’ Re-education

Co-written by Eric Eikenberry and James Suzano On Jan. 2, Saudi Arabia conducted a mass execution of 47 individuals convicted on...

September 24, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Hamburg Mosque May Have Violated Anti-Hate Contract

The Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg, widely considered by experts in Germany and abroad the long arm of Iran’s regime in the Federal Republic, appears to have violated the spirit – and per...

September 10, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

LIFG and Al Qaeda: A Response to Zelin

On Friday, I had a post at G&L questioning the field’s conve...

May 14, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer The Journal of International Security Affairs

How Saudi Arabia Has Survived—So Far

On December 17, 2010, the self-immolation of Tunisian street vendor Muhammad Bouazizi, who was protesting the confiscation of his wares and harassment by the country’s authorities, touched...

April 23, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

2 Uighur Gitmo Detainees Transferred to El Salvador

The Department of Defense announced the transfer of two Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to El Salvador yesterday. The t...

November 23, 2011 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Common Threats, Different Approaches

Israel, the EU and the U.S. confront the challenge of a nuclear Iran Mr President of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Israeli Knesset, Honour...

November 23, 2011 | Emanuele Ottolenghi The 37th Interparliamentary Meeting Between European Parliament and Knesset |

Common Threats, Different Approaches

Israel, the EU and the U.S. confront the challenge of a nuclear Iran Mr President of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Israeli Knesset, Honour...

May 18, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Analysis: Al Qaeda’s Interim Emir and Iran

Saif al Adel has been named the interim emir of al Qaeda in the wake of Osama bin Laden's demise, according to multiple press reports. Al Adel is a longtime member of al Qaeda's militar...