State-sponsored terrorism

June 23, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi, Ahmad Sharawi

Hamas Haven Provided by Turkey Fuels Terror in the West Bank

Israel’s Shin Bet security agency announced that it had foiled dozens of planned terror attacks in the West Bank directed by Hamas operatives in Turkey over the past year. According to the agency,...

June 4, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

U.S. Must Apply Strict Conditions Before Lifting Syria’s Terrorism Designation

“The lifting of sanctions is the primary step toward revitalizing the Syrian economy,” Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa told President Donald Trump during a phone call on May 31.  In...

June 3, 2026 | Natalie Ecanow |

Mapping Qatar’s $400 Billion Footprint in the United States

May 29, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi, Max Meizlish

How double-dealing Oman threatens Trump’s Mideast peace

“Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we’ll have to blow them up,” President Donald Trump declared Wednesday. An apparently shocking statement about a nation long regarded as...

May 7, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Syria’s Accommodation of Foreign Jihadists Backfires

The Syrian government’s effort to integrate foreign fighters into its armed forces may be unraveling. On May 5, Syrian authorities arrested 16 Uzbek fighters following a standoff with armed members...

April 29, 2026 | Natalie Ecanow |

Don’t Bet on Qatar Standing by America in the Middle East

War is unpredictable and with Operation Epic Fury, some of the biggest surprises have occurred off the battlefield. Qatar’s posture is one of them. Years of engagement with Iran gave way to a relationship...

April 24, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Sharaa’s Gulf Tour Is All About the Economy

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa visited three Gulf states — Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates — over two days beginning on April 21. The Syrian presidency described the trip in broad...

April 1, 2026 | Simone Rodan-Benzaquen |

600 Euros and a Lighter

Iran’s Low-Cost Terror War on European Soil

April 1, 2026 | Joe Truzman |

Ashab al Yamin: Terrorism With (Semi) Plausible Deniability

Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya, a shadowy front group with suspected links to Iran, has been spreading terror in Europe. It has claimed seven attacks against Jewish and Western institutions across...

April 1, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi, William Doran

Islamist Turkey: A Base for Muslim Brotherhood Jihadism

March 26, 2026 | Angela Howard |

U.S. Redirects Tehran Regime’s Illicit Wealth to Its Victims

Tehran is getting evicted. For about three decades, the clerical regime has owned prime real estate in Midtown Manhattan. On March 23, the Southern District of New York announced its entry into a settlement...

March 24, 2026 | Joe Truzman |

Has Iran-backed terrorism reached London?

When a synagogue is firebombed or a Jewish school is targeted in Europe, the instinct is to reach for a familiar explanation: the rising tide of anti-Semitism, the radicalized lone wolf, the...

March 23, 2026 | Naomi Friedman |

Why Do We Allow Iran into American Classrooms?

Second graders are learning that non-Muslims are “the worst of all creatures” at the Brighter Horizons Academy near Dallas, Texas, according to a recent report by the Middle East Forum. The curriculum...

March 20, 2026 | Clifford D. May, Mark Dubowitz

Breaking Down the Islamic Republic

March 20, 2026 | David Daoud |

Kuwait and UAE report disrupting domestic Hezbollah cells

Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates claimed to have disrupted several terror cells linked to Hezbollah over the past week. Both Persian Gulf countries alleged that their security forces identified networks...

March 20, 2026 | Ben Cohen |

Death of a Holocaust denier

Over decades, Iran proved itself adept at fertilizing the lies that reside at the heart of anti-Zionist ideology, turning them into common-sense notions among adherents.

March 19, 2026 | Leah Siskind, Marina Chernin

Deepfakes on the Front Lines: Iran’s AI Disinformation Campaign

The war with Iran has triggered a torrent of disturbing AI-generated imagery, videos, and narratives circulating widely on social media — such as smoke billowing from a Bahraini high-rise or rockets...

March 18, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

The final battle?

War with Iran was inevitable, but it can’t end now

March 16, 2026 | Brandy Shufutinsky |

Private School Accreditation Organization Benefits from Iranian Money

As the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran rages in the Persian Gulf, there’s another battle against the regime’s influence being fought a bit closer to home. The Iranian missiles and drones that...

February 20, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz, Edmund Fitton-Brown

The Islamic Republic’s Weaponization of Global Terror