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December 17, 2024 | |

‘The Factions Will be Dissolved’: Jolani Pushes to Disband Rebel and Pro-Assad Armed Groups in Syria

Al-Sharaa Pushes for Unity Amongst Rebel Factions: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, announced on December...

September 5, 2024 | |

U.S. Reportedly Warned UK Against Arms Export Restrictions to Israel

Biden administration officials privately warned the United Kingdom against suspending arms exports to Israel over concerns that it could harm attempts to broker a ceasefire between...

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 3, 2024 | |

Shin Bet Foils Hamas Terror Plot Tied to Turkey

Israel’s Shin Bet security agency in March thwarted a terrorist plot inside Israel being planned by Hamas operatives in Turkey. In a June 3 statement, the agency confirmed that...

May 14, 2024 | |

Secret Document Discovered in Gaza Reveals Hamas Plan to Establish Base in Turkey

A secret Hamas document discovered by Israeli military personnel in Gaza revealed that the terrorist group planned to establish a base in Turkey, London-based news outlet The Times...

February 6, 2024 | |

Iran Reportedly Used UK Banks to Evade U.S. Sanctions

Iran used two banks in the United Kingdom to evade U.S. sanctions via front companies secretly owned by Iran’s Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC), the Financial Times reported...

December 19, 2022 | Joe Truzman |

UNIFIL Peacekeepers Come Under Fire in Southern Lebanon, Hezbollah Denies Involvement

On Dec. 14, a convoy of Irish United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL) peacekeepers belonging to the 121st Infantry Battalion came under fire while traveling in the southern Lebanon village of...

December 15, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir

Bottom-Up Hope: Local Governments Bolster Religious Pluralism in Turkey

When powerful states and their proxies intensify religious persecution worldwide and democratic governments under a neo-isolationist spell look the other way, where can vulnerable religious minorities find...

July 7, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The Divided Self of John le Carré

The death of perhaps history’s greatest espionage writer John le Carré in December 2020 sparked a series of lively debates about the British novelist’s contradictory views toward Zionism, Jews and...

May 21, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Erdogan’s Backing of Hamas Precludes Turkey’s Rapprochement With Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a call in December for better ties with Israel. “No surprise if Turkey-Israel relations normalize soon,” read the headline of a column in one of Turkey’s...

June 14, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exile Iranians, Reporters without Borders want cleric arrested for torture

Kaveh Moussavi, an exile Iranian, told the German Die Welt paper that Mansouri was involved in a crime operation that caused “the murder and ultimately the torture of at least one person.”

August 28, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

British gov’t probes Qatari-owned bank due to Hamas terrorism links

According to The Times, “The bank’s largest shareholders are Qatari state institutions. The wealthy emirate has been criticized for the support it provides to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

August 27, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Will Qatar let Israelis, Egyptians and LGBTQ people attend 2022 World Cup?

A damning new report obtained by Fox News exposes discrimination by Qatar’s Islamist regime targeting Israelis, Egyptians and LGBTQ people ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the Gulf monarchy. The...

May 26, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Minister Helped Reverse Berlin’s Anti-Israel UN Voting Record

Jens Spahn, a prominent member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet, played a critical part in rolling-back Germany's anti-Israel voting record.

November 7, 2018 | Clifford D. May

The advance of illiberal world disorder

What Americans achieved after World War II is endangered

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...

August 1, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Ansar al Sharia Ally A Key Figure in Benghazi Security Failures

A key figure in the security failures surrounding the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya is fighting alongside members of Ansar al Sharia, which is one of the terrori...

June 3, 2014 | Clifford D. May

Obama’s Performance At West Point

As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama promised to bring us together and, on foreign policy, he may be making belate...

May 8, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace Process: What’s Next?

Download the full written testimony here (PDF)....

May 8, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer

The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace Process: What’s Next?

Download the full written testimony here (PDF)....