On the night of April 14, 2024, Iran launched a barrage of 170 attack drones, 30 cruise missiles, and 120 ballistic missiles toward Israel, with 99% of them eventually intercepted by air defenses. According to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, no drones or cruise missiles managed …
Read More »Israël essaie de se dégager du piège de la stratégie iranienne
Il y a un peu plus de quatre ans, le 3 janvier 2020, Donald Trump faisait assassiner le général iranien Soleimani, architecte de ce qu’on appelle «l’Axe de la Résistance» à la politique israélo-américaine au Proche-Orient. La mort du stratège n’a pas signifié la fin de sa stratégie. Au contraire, …
Read More »The Gulf’s New Regional Vision Makes Room for Israel
Despite the ongoing war, the states in the Gulf Cooperation Council still see Israel as a legitimate regional player and reject Hamas’s call for radical violence. Nearly six months ago, Hamas upended the Middle East equilibrium. Now, with the war in Gaza still raging, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has …
Read More »An ultra-Orthodox ultimatum, and the future of the ‘Jewish’ state
The widening schism between Israel’s secular and ultra-Orthodox communities impacts not only the state’s military and economic wellbeing, but poses an existential threat to the stability of the entire Zionist project. Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, known as the Haredim, is the fastest-growing segment of the country’s population. This demographic shift …
Read More »Are Israelis buying up Northern Cyprus?
Once celebrated as a prime sanctuary for foreign investments in the Mediterranean, Turkish Cyprus has come under fire for allowing Israeli entities to purchase large swathes of property on the strategically significant island. ter obtained TRNC citizenship, have the right to unlimited property acquisition because they are officially registered as …
Read More »Ayn Al-Asad Number Two – Iran Pre-Coordinated Its Attack Against Israel With The U.S. So That No One Will Be Hurt And War With Israel Will Be Avoided
To understand what happened last night during Iran’s direct attack on Israel, one has to go back four years to the killing by the United States of Iran’s Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani. Iran needed to react symbolically in retaliation to save face and asked to do so. The United …
Read More »Hezbollah Joins Iran to Fire Rockets at Israel
Latest Developments The Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah said it fired dozens of rockets at Israel overnight between April 13 and April 14. The attacks, which came in tandem with Iran’s launch of hundreds of drones and missiles targeting the Jewish state, targeted an Israeli army base in the Golan Heights. …
Read More »IntelBrief: Non-State Actors in the Middle East Demonstrate Increasing Power and Influence
The Israel–Hamas war has confirmed the ability of non-state actors, even more so than governments in some cases, to determine the course of events in the region. Unlike governments, regional non-state actors recognize few constraints on their behavior, in part because most militias, terrorist groups, and insurgent factions do not …
Read More »Spotlight on Iran
World Jerusalem Day rallies were held across Iran on April 5, 2024, like every year on the last Friday of Ramadan. This year’s rallies were marked by the war in the Gaza Strip and the attack attributed to Israel in Damascus on April 1, 2024. The rallies were attended by …
Read More »What Is Jaish Al-Adl, The Separatist Group Targeting Iranian Forces? – Analysis
Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan has been rocked by a spate of deadly attacks targeting security forces in recent months. The attacks have been claimed by Jaish al-Adl, a Baluch separatist militant group that is believed to be operating out of neighboring Pakistan. On April 3, over a dozen militants …
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