United Nations Security Council

November 21, 2025 | |

IDF Eliminates 6, Apprehends 5 Hamas Terrorists Emerging From Rafah Tunnel

Latest Developments Rafah Strike: The IDF announced on November 21 that it had eliminated six Hamas terrorists from a group of 15 who emerged from a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in IDF-held...

November 20, 2025 | |

IAEA Passes Resolution Demanding Information on Status of Iranian Nuclear Sites, Enriched Uranium Stock

IAEA Seeks Answers From Tehran: The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, passed a resolution on November...

November 20, 2025 | |

Qatar Claims Israeli Strikes in Response to Gaza Shooting May Upend Ceasefire

Qatar Criticizes Israeli Strikes: The Qatari Foreign Ministry condemned Israeli strikes against Hamas positions in Gaza on November 19. The IDF launched the strikes after terrorists...

November 19, 2025 | Enia Krivine, Richard Goldberg

Trump’s Gaza peace plan is doomed — unless he shuts down terror-boosting UNRWA

When the UN Security Council approved President Donald Trump’s plan to establish a board of peace overseeing Gaza’s transformation from Hamas terror base to calm Palestinian enclave, it was...

November 19, 2025 | Samuel Ben-Ur, Aaron Goren

Hamas rejects UNSC vote endorsing key aspects of 20-point plan for Gaza

Hamas rejected a resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on November 17 that endorsed key aspects of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for ending the...

November 19, 2025 | David Daoud |

Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: November 10–16, 2025

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between November 10 and November 16, 2025. Israeli activities last week targeted Hezbollah infrastructure...

November 19, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israeli prime minister and top officials visit Syria ‘buffer zone’ as Israel-Syria talks stall

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led a large group of Israeli officials and military commanders to the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on November 19. The Israel Defense...

November 18, 2025 | |

Hamas Rejects UN Security Council Resolution Authorizing International Stabilization Force for Gaza

Latest Developments Hamas Says No to Disarmament: Hamas emphatically rejected the UN Security Council’s adoption — by 13 votes in favor, with abstentions from Russia and China — of Resolution...

November 17, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF destroys more Hamas tunnels, prepares for future Gaza operations

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on November 16 that the Israeli military continues to destroy Hamas tunnels in Gaza. This effort is taking place in the approximately 50 percent of the...

November 17, 2025 | Kenan Arkan, Isaac A. Harris, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Cdre. (Ret.) Peter Olive, Craig Singleton

Maritime Protection of Taiwan’s Energy Vulnerability

November 14, 2025 | |

Russia Floats Counter-Resolution on Gaza as U.S. Proposal Faces Pushback

Russia Proposes Draft Resolution: Russia floated a draft UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on the future of Gaza on November 13 that contrasts with a U.S. proposal to establish...

November 11, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

The Flood that Sunk the Palestinian State

When the world needed Palestinian grownups to help solve the problems in Gaza, it found none. The PLO was too corrupt and Hamas too irrational.  

November 10, 2025 | Edmund Fitton-Brown |

The Moroccan plan is a path to peace with Algeria

The United Nations Security Council has voted in support of a resolution calling for autonomy in Western Sahara as the best solution possible to Rabat’s longstanding territorial dispute with the separatist Iranian and Algerian-backed Polisario Front.

November 7, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Sharaa To Be First-Ever Syrian Leader To Visit White House

In a meeting no one could have predicted just a year ago, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is scheduled to visit U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on November 10. It will be the first time a Syrian...

November 7, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

US pushes for UN resolution on Gaza to support peace plan

The US is seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution on Gaza “aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, including by greenlighting an international security force,”...

November 5, 2025 | |

U.S. Administration Submits Proposal To End UN Sanctions on Syria

Sharaa Heading to Washington: The United States has drafted a proposal to the UN Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Syrian Interior Minister...

November 4, 2025 | |

U.S. Reportedly Drafts UN Security Council Resolution for Establishment of International Stabilization Force in Gaza

Resolution Outlined: The United States has reportedly sent UN Security Council member states a preliminary draft of a resolution establishing an International Stabilization Force...

October 28, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi, William Doran

How Turkish Arms End Up in African Conflicts

Ankara’s engagement on the continent has generated violence, not stability.

October 20, 2025 | |

IAEA Chief Assesses Iran’s Enriched Uranium Stockpile Remains Inside Sites Destroyed by Israel and U.S.

Enriched Uranium Entombed at Destroyed Sites: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Rafael Grossi revealed his agency’s assessment that most of Iran’s highly enriched...

October 15, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban agree to ceasefire after another clash along the border

Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after their forces exchanged fire across the border on October 15. The two countries have clashed over the past month as the Movement of the...