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August 12, 2025 | |

Iran Refusing Inspections of Nuclear Sites as Senior IAEA Official Concludes Visit to Tehran

First Meeting With IAEA Since June War: The Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Massimo Aparo, has departed from Tehran after conducting the...

August 12, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Assad Is Gone. The Syrian Problem Persists

Nine months after Bashar al-Assad’s fall and Ahmad al-Sharaa’s rise to power, the UN Security Council met to address Syria’s ongoing crisis. The Council urged Damascus to establish a government “of...

August 11, 2025 | |

‘Remember October 7’: Trump Backs Increased Israeli Military Pressure on Hamas to Free Hostages and End Gaza War

Trump Says Situation Must Change for Hamas to Release Hostages: President Donald Trump remarked that Hamas is “not likely going to let the hostages out in the current situation,”...

August 10, 2025 | |

Israel Condemned at United Nations Security Council

U.S. Labels Emergency Meeting ‘Counterproductive’: United Nations member states continued condemning Israel at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on August...

August 7, 2025 | David May |

South Africa Remains a Risky Jurisdiction for Terror Finance

South Africa would like to get out of a very particular doghouse — the one where countries that fail to counter money laundering live. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the world’s leading intergovernmental...

August 5, 2025 | David May, Jake Schlanger

7 UN Organizations That Undermine Israel and the U.S.

The Trump administration announced on July 22 its departure from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by the end of 2026. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce...

July 31, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

The UNIFIL Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon Is a Failure; the UN Should Disband It

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stretches the meaning of the word “interim.” Deployed in 1978 as a peacekeeping force, its “temporary” mandate has persisted for 47 years. During...

July 22, 2025 | Bridget Toomey, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Post-12-Day War, Iran Continues To Invest in the Houthis

Tehran is still arming the Houthis. Yemen’s National Resistance Forces (NRF), an anti-Houthi coalition, intercepted 750 tons of Iranian weapons en route to the Houthi-controlled port of al-Salif from...

July 21, 2025 | |

Eyeing Sanctions ‘Snapback,’ Iran Petitions Russia and China Ahead of E3 Meeting

Iran Solicits Allies: Iranian officials will meet on July 22 with counterparts from two of its Axis of Aggressors allies, Russia and China, to discuss ways to circumvent the reimposition...

July 17, 2025 |

Paramilitary Group Massacres Hundreds in Overlooked Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan

Women and Children Killed in Sudan Massacre: At least 300 civilians were massacred by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary organization in western Sudan, including children...

July 8, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Has America Reversed Itself on Hezbollah?

US Envoy to Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has reversed three decades of US policy by no longer labeling Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The shift de-internationalizes the issue of the...

June 20, 2025 | Craig Singleton, Jack Burnham, Miles Kershner

8 Things to Know About China’s Response to Israel-Iran Conflict

Israel’s military campaign against Iran has exposed the chasm between China’s great power rhetoric and its ability to meaningfully shape events in the Middle East. To be sure, Beijing backs Tehran...

June 16, 2025 | Craig Singleton, Jack Burnham

China Sides With Tehran but Wields Little Influence in Iran-Israel War

Beijing condemned Israel’s sweeping strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites shortly after they began as a violation of “Iran’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity,” according...

June 13, 2025 | David Daoud |

UNIFIL Was Intended to Be a Temporary Force, and It Has Now Outlived Its Utility

After nearly five decades, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) mission may be ending. Israel supports the Trump administration’s decision not to extend the force’s mandate, according...

June 13, 2025 | |

‘Before There Is Nothing Left’: Trump Warns of Devastation in Iran if Nuclear Deal Not Reached as World Leaders Caution Against Escalation

Trump Calls for Deal: President Donald Trump urged Iran to reach a deal with the United States “before there is nothing left,” as Israel continued with its devastating strikes...

June 13, 2025 | |

‘This Is Not Diplomacy, It Is Surrender’: UN General Assembly Demands Unconditional Ceasefire in Gaza

Resolution Against Israel Passed: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted 149 to 12, with 19 abstentions, to pass a resolution demanding “an immediate, unconditional and permanent...

June 12, 2025 | |

IAEA Declares Iran in Breach of Nuclear Nonproliferation Obligations

IAEA Censures Iran: The 35-member board of the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), adopted a resolution declaring that Iran is in breach of its non-proliferation...

June 9, 2025 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

How Iran Turned the Houthis Into a Regional Power

Backed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Yemen’s Houthis transformed from tribal insurgents into a regional menace targeting Israel, Saudi Arabia, and global shipping. Discover the five secret pillars of Tehran’s deadly proxy empire.

June 6, 2025 | David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Andrea Stricker

Analysis of the IAEA’s Comprehensive Iran NPT Safeguards Report May 2025

Excerpt The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on May 31, 2025, released a comprehensive report on Iran’s non-compliance with its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) safeguards obligations....

June 5, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

Fresh grounds to snap back Iran sanctions — and block it from getting a nuclear bomb

The International Atomic Energy Agency just pulled back a veil from Iran’s secretive nuclear plans. And what was revealed is as disturbing as it is unsurprising. The IAEA last week released a...