The Taliban rejected arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its emir, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, and its chief justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, on July 8. The ICC issued...
Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 more wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in the Beit Hanoun area of northern Gaza. The soldiers included Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar, 20, Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, 20, Staff Sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian, 20, Staff Sgt. Moshe Shmuel Noll, 21, and reserve Sgt. 1st Class Benyamin Asulin, 28. According to an IDF probe, the soldiers, four of whom were part of the Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion were struck by three bombs remotely detonated in succession by Hamas terrorists during ground operations.
Fatwa Issued: Iran’s top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, against President Donald Trump on June 29, calling on “Muslims...
A network of Islamist clerics is exploiting the conflict in Iran to push its hardline agenda. Scholars aligned with the pro-Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS)...
First Public Appearance Since Ceasefire: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to attack American bases if the United States were to strike Iran again in the future,...
Mass Detentions Unfold: The Iranian authorities have arrested more than 700 people since the conflict with Israel began on June 13, Iranian state media reported this week. The Fars...
A Fraudulent Execution: Iran hanged a 26-year-old man accused of spying for Israel, the Islamic Republic’s state media announced on June 23. According to the Norway-based nonprofit...
One of the most profound threats to global security for the last thirty years or more has suffered a historic setback that will resonate for decades. In a ruse worthy of World War II’s “Operation...
Few Iranian officials have responded publicly to the US strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear sites on June 21—an understandable silence, given that many leaders have either been eliminated by...
Yemen’s Houthis threatened to attack American forces in the Red Sea following US attacks on the Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan on June 21. The US military struck...
Israel has expanded its military campaign against Iran with targeted strikes on nuclear facilities, missile infrastructure, and security institutions. Leadership changes within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...
Cries of “Death to Khamenei” filled the night air in Tehran on June 15, rising above the thunder of Israeli airstrikes. The same defiant chorus had echoed through the city the night before,...
Israel’s inevitable strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities has finally occurred. The Israelis on Friday launched extensive, non-stop airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites, coupled with...
The Taliban has condemned Israeli strikes on Iranian soil, including the elimination of nuclear personnel, denouncing the attacks as “actions that flagrantly violate the core tenets of international law.” The statement, released by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on June 13, the day Israel struck Iran’s nuclear program, air defenses, ballistic missiles, military commanders, and other key targets, highlights the longstanding ties between the terror group and the Iranian regime.
Oman is not hesitating to show its sympathy for Iran. The country’s sultan, Haitham bin Tarik, called Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on June 16 to offer condolences and tell Pezeshkian that Oman...
Iran-backed militias in Iraq have resorted mainly to words, not actions, to support Iran since direct conflict between Israel and Iran began on June 13. The statements issued by the groups have included...
As Israel’s military campaign against the Islamic Republic continued on June 14, Brigadier General Effie Defrin, spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said that 70 Israeli aircraft...
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...
The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Islamist movement dedicated to the remaking of society and government according to the dictates of Islamic law, or sharia. Founded in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna,...
The emir of the Taliban denounced Israel’s military operations against Hamas and other terror groups as “Zionist assaults and acts of oppression” and said that his Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan...