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Iran-backed factions appeared to break several months of detente with US forces in the Middle East this week by launching drone and missile attacks in the Red Sea, Iraq and Syria amid Israel’s war in Gaza, throwing the Pentagon’s deterrence efforts into question. The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that the …

Hezbollah has been careful not to escalate the situation along Israel’s northern border beyond the accepted norms, but the situation could change quickly depending on events in Gaza. South Lebanon is beautiful in autumn. The green landscape, the blue sea, and the perfect weather encourage feelings of serenity. On Oct. …

Le seul pays qui pourrait détourner l’Occident de l’Ukraine est Israël. Mais les États-Unis et leurs alliés tombent dans un piège existentiel s’ils pensent qu’une victoire au Proche-Orient sera plus facile à remporter qu’une victoire en Europe. Le partenariat stratégique entre la Russie et l’Iran – avec la Chine dans …

Ankara has politely shown the door to Hamas leaders staying in Turkey, according to two sources, as it walks a diplomatic tightrope, careful not to jeopardize its recent thaw with Israel while maintaining support for the Palestinian cause. Turkey has been trying to carefully calibrate its stance in the face …

In addition to documenting events in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian and Arab media havegiven extensive coverage to the IDF’s preparations for the next phase of the war in the GazaStrip, i.e. the ground maneuver. The media follow the preparations, including the increasednumber and deployment along the Gaza Strip border …

For the past several years, Hamas has often been overlooked in discussions regarding the top global terrorist threats. The Islamic State and its worldwide network of affiliates occupy much of the counterterrorism bandwidth, along with al-Qaeda affiliates such as al-Shabaab in Somalia. Even Lebanese Hezbollah has ranked higher on the …

It is carnage in Gaza. Over 5,700 Palestinian civilians are currently estimated to have been murdered by the relentless Israeli assault, 2,055 are children. More than 15,000 people have been injured, including 5,364 children. In the West Bank around 100 have been killed and at least 1,650 injured. The Israeli …

The US carried out airstrikes targeting two facilities linked to Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria on Thursday, according to a statement from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, following a series of drone and rocket attacks against US forces in the region. The US assessed that the airstrikes against the facilities linked …

A fixation on technology created an illusion of safety—and an excuse to avoid hard choices. We are still in the early phase of Operation Swords of Iron, the name of the Israeli military response to the horrific Hamas-led massacre of more than 1,400 Israelis on Oct. 7. Israeli Defense Minister …

With the conflict ignited by the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel still ablaze, it is difficult to predict what decisions the players will make tomorrow—let alone in a week or a month. That makes it challenging for other nations impacted by the conflict to craft their foreign policy. What …