The New York Times

December 23, 2024 | |

Dramatic Rise in Looting Hampers Aid Delivery in Gaza, New York Times Reports 

Southern Gaza Badly Impacted by Looting: Armed gangs have dramatically stepped up the looting of humanitarian aid intended for Gaza’s civilian population, The New York Times...

December 20, 2024 | Lewis Libby, Nick Danby

Don’t Fall for the New Syrian Regime’s Claims of Moderation

HTS’s membership rolls and track record do not inspire confidence that the group will lead to a free, inclusive, and prosperous Syria.

December 13, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iran never gave up on Assad; it simply failed to protect him

The sudden collapse of the Islamic Republic’s closest state-actor ally stunned the world, as Syrian rebels captured Damascus just 11 days after launching a new wave of insurgency. To deflect this humiliating...

December 5, 2024 | Mariam Wahba |

Egyptian Satirist Jailed Over Political Cartoons, Spotlighting Cairo’s Abuse of Pretrial Detention

The case of Egyptian translator and political cartoonist Ashraf Omar casts a spotlight on Egypt’s abuse of pretrial detention laws, which enable the state to incarcerate detainees without evidence or...

November 21, 2024 | Ari Ben Am |

How to Prevent Classified U.S. Intelligence from Ending up on Social Media

Once again, highly classified U.S. intelligence reports are circulating on social media. Last month, Telegram’s pro-Iran propaganda channel Middle East Spectator published two classified...

November 1, 2024 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem’s inaugural speech as Hezbollah’s new secretary-general

One day after his surprise appointment as Hezbollah’s new secretary-general, Naim Qassem delivered his inaugural speech from that post—his fourth speech since Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination. Qassem’s...

October 29, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Captured Documents Show Al Jazeera Ties to Hamas, Islamic Jihad

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published captured documents on October 23 indicating that six Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza are members of either Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). The IDF has...

October 28, 2024 | |

Israel Apprehends Hamas Terrorists Barricaded in Northern Gaza Hospital

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that its forces apprehended approximately 100 terrorists embedded in the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north Gazan city of Jabalya, according...

October 27, 2024 | Joe Truzman |

Israel launches retaliatory strikes against Iranian military facilities

In the early morning hours of October 26, Israeli fighter jets conducted airstrikes targeting military facilities throughout Iran. This operation, codenamed “Days of Repentance” by the Israeli...

October 26, 2024 | |

Israel Responds to Iranian Missile Attacks, Targeting Military Sites

Latest Developments After nearly a month of warning Iran’s rulers that it would strike at a time of its choosing following Iran’s ballistic missile attack targeting Israel on October 1, Israeli...

October 21, 2024 | David Adesnik |

How Facebook Whitewashes ‘From the River to the Sea’

The brilliance of the slogan “From the river to the sea,” is that it allows protesters to call for dismantling the State of Israel, and then insist that they have articulated nothing more than “an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence.” ...

October 13, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Questions left unanswered: What Hamas’s plans for 2022 leave out

If Hamas leaders in Doha knew, then it raises questions about why Qatar, a US ally, didn’t know about the plan. If Doha did know then it raises concerning questions about why Israel wasn’t informed.

October 4, 2024 | |

IDF Targets Nasrallah Successor, Destroys Hezbollah Weapons Smuggling Tunnel

Israel conducted an airstrike in Beirut on Wednesday night that targeted Hashem Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, Israeli officials told Axios and The New...

October 2, 2024 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Across the Arab world, Nasrallah is remembered as a tyrant in Lebanon, a butcher in Syria and a fanatic

Lebanon now has the opportunity to take sovereignty back from the hands of Hezbollah

September 19, 2024 | |

Hezbollah has Suffered ‘Major and Unprecedented Blow,’ Nasrallah Admits

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah admitted in a televised speech on September 19 that the Iran-backed terrorist organization has suffered a “major and unprecedented blow” during...

September 17, 2024 | |

Hamas, Houthis Open Offices in Iraq

Hamas and the Houthi rebels in Yemen — both Iran-backed terror groups — quietly established political offices in Iraq over the summer, The New York Times revealed on September...

September 17, 2024 | |

Hundreds of Hezbollah Operatives Wounded as Pagers Explode Across Lebanon

Hundreds of Hezbollah operatives were wounded in various parts of Lebanon on September 17 when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, in what appeared to be an act of long-range...

September 10, 2024 | Jonathan Schanzer, Mariam Wahba

Egypt Has Violated Its Peace Treaty With Israel. It Must Face Consequences

Is Egypt in violation of its 1979 peace treaty with Israel? It would appear so. In 1979, Egypt made history as the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel, building on a set of two foundational...

September 6, 2024 | Max Lesser, Ari Ben Am

FDD Identifies 19 Websites as Part of an Iranian Global Influence Operation

FDD researchers have uncovered the Iranian role in creating a network of at least 19 websites that present themselves as independent sources of opinion and analysis for audiences across the globe. Other...

August 29, 2024 | |

Israel Urges West to Shore Up Jordan Against Iran

Israel urged Western countries on August 29 to help shore up Jordan against destabilization efforts by Iran. On the second day of an Israeli security sweep of the West Bank, Israeli...