Our Foes Would Fill Doran’s Mideast Vacuum
Michael Doran might be jumping the gun in claiming that Donald Trump is channeling Ronald Reagan in the Middle East (Letters, March 10). We don’t know yet whether the president...
United States Army
US-backed Syrian Free Army continues to patrol Tanf area in southern Syria
On February 9, the Syrian Free Army (SFA) said in a post on social media that it provided medical services to more than 60 Bedouin patients in southern Syria as part of a mobile clinic. The Syrian...
Op-eds
Trump must counter Vladimir Putin’s coming deception games — here’s how
Vladimir Putin’s regime is readying a new bag of diplomatic tricks for the second Trump administration, as the Kremlin angles to lure Trump’s incoming national-security team into helping...
Op-eds
Trump Can — and Should — Fully Fund Our Military
The Obama and Biden administrations failed to request from Congress sufficient resources for defense. Trump should not make the same mistake.
Op-eds
Bolster U.S. Military
As a new administration is poised to take charge in January 2025, it will face a markedly different threat landscape than its predecessor. The United States and its allies now confront an axis of authoritarians...
Op-eds
Turkish University Celebrates Hamas, October 7
A university in Istanbul convened an international conference last week where terrorist leaders, government officials, and academics praised Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre and called for the destruction...
Policy Briefs
The lights are still blinking red—Sunni Islamists and Iran are determined to attack the homeland
As the US election comes down the final stretch, the radical Islamic terrorism threat continues to metastasize—at home and abroad. On October 8, the FBI arrested an Afghan man who authorities...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: September 4, 2024
Today’s Issue: | Hezbollah Fires Some 65 Rockets at Israel, IAF Responds With Strikes in Southern Lebanon | IDF Arrests 14 in West Bank Overnight | IDF Troops in Rafah Eliminate More Than 200 Terrorists,...
Israel at War Situation Report
The rise and fall of the US-built floating Gaza pier
The construction of the pier off the Gazan coast coincided with the IDF's start of the Rafah operation.
Op-eds
IDF increases naval strength with new logistics support vessel
The Israeli Navy received a new ship on June 16 with the arrival of the INS Komemiyut. It is the second of two new landing craft, known as logistics support vessels (LSV), that Israel has obtained in the...
Op-eds
5 Things to Know About Chinese Drone Company DJI
Chinese drone manufacturer Shenzhen DJI Innovation Technology Company Limited (known simply as DJI) controls over 70 percent of the global drone market, perfectly illustrating the fusion of China’s economic...
Insights
UN Secretary General Abuses His Authority
Along with ISIS, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram, Israel will be put on a UN blacklist
Op-eds
The US-built pier for humanitarian aid delivery was always a long-shot
It’s not easy to take small ships across an ocean and then get to the coast of a country and construct a floating pier.
Op-eds
Blinken’s careless spin is encouraging terrorists to put more civilians in danger
Excerpt President Joe Biden was right to condemn as “outrageous” Monday’s decision by the International Criminal Court prosecutor to submit arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and...
Op-eds
Israel Opens Another Crossing for Aid to Enter Northern Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces opened what they dubbed the “western Erez” crossing into northern Gaza on May 12, according to a statement. The opening of a new crossing in the north appears to mean that...
Op-eds
U.S. Announces Completion of Gaza Aid Pier
The Pentagon announced on May 7 that the U.S. military had completed construction of the humanitarian aid pier off the coast of central Gaza. However, bad weather was still preventing...
Flash Briefs
With US pier ready, will it make a difference?
The swell on May 8 had reduced to around half a meter off the coast, but winds continued at around 15 knots. It remains to be seen when the floating pier will be in place.
Op-eds
Israel Readying for U.S. Military’s Floating Pier off Gaza Coast for Humanitarian Aid
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on April 27 that it is preparing to receive a floating pier that the United States is building off the Gaza coast for the purpose of “receiving...
Flash Briefs
IDF Focuses on Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces are focusing on humanitarian aid entering Gaza ahead of a possible offensive against Hamas in the southern Gazan city of Rafah. The focus on improving the humanitarian situation...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: April 26, 2024
Today’s Issue: U.S. Begins Construction of Gaza Pier | Missiles Fired From Lebanon Kill Israeli Civilian | IDF Arrests Two Men in West Bank With Axes and Knives | IDF Withdraws Nahal Brigade from Gaza...