The U.S. Army has temporarily delayed the movement of future Soldiers to Basic Combat Training effective April 6.
Read More »Mossad blamed for assassination of Hezbollah commander – report
After a Hezbollah commander in charge of pursuing spies and collaborators was found killed in southern Lebanon over the weekend, Lebanese and Iranian media began reporting that the Mossad “and its mercenaries” were suspects in the assassination.
Read More »UN report says Syria or allies likely to blame for attacks
A U.N. investigation says it is “highly probable” that the Syrian government or its allies were responsible for attacks on five facilities in the last opposition stronghold in the northwest in 2019.
Read More »Wall Street Wins – Again: Bailouts in the Time of Coronavirus
To say that these are unprecedented times would be the understatement of the century. Even as the United States became the latest target of Hurricane COVID-19, in “hot spots” around the globe a continuing frenzy of health concerns represented yet another drop down the economic rabbit hole.
Read More »Gunmen kill Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon
Lebanese security officials say unknown gunmen fatally shot and stabbed a member of the militant Hezbollah group in southern Lebanon.
Read More »Turkey continues to fight terrorism through cross-border, domestic operations
Eighty terrorists were neutralized last month in cross-border and domestic anti-terror operations, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Read More »Exclusive: sanctioned Hezbollah agent has close ties to Iran’s money laundering network in Iraq
A shadowy Hezbollah intelligence operative in Iraq has close ties to what the US refers to as a key money-laundering network by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, an investigation by The National has found.
Read More »Iran Continuing Overt and Covert Activities in Iraq
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has consumed the attention of both Iran and the United States, as well as that of Iraq, Iran has continued to try to ensure that it maintains preponderant influence in Iraq. Iran views U.S. forces in Iraq as the spearhead of U.S. influence there, as …
Read More »Trump Suggests Intelligence Watchdog Was Fired For Sharing Whistle-Blower Complaint
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on April 4 that the inspector-general of the intelligence community he fired the previous day had taken “a fake report and took it to Congress with an emergency,” lending weight to accusations that the dismissal was retaliation connected to Trump’s congressional impeachment over pressure …
Read More »IntelBrief: The Humanitarian Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Bottom Line Up Front While news headlines on COVID-19 are focused largely on its spread in the developed world, the virus has reached many countries ravaged by conflict with large populations in need of humanitarian aid. The lack of clean water, sanitary facilities, and space in many locations hosting displaced …
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