Middle Orient

The United States and its partners have imposed additional sanctions on Iran and its axis of resistance partners to try to deny them the resources to continue their ongoing campaign of armed attacks. Sanctions imposed since mid-January have targeted Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iranian allies in Yemen, Iraq, …

The Houthi attacks on Red Sea commercial shipping are adversely affecting China’s economy, causing China’s leaders to question the benefits of relations with Iran. The Red Sea crisis has demonstrated that militant factions in the Middle East can undermine Beijing’s interests just as they can challenge the United States and …

The United States’ opening salvo in response to the attack in Jordan that killed three U.S. troops last week included attacks against targets in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. The U.S. response is expected to be multi-tiered and unfold over weeks, targeting an array of groups that form part of Iran’s …

At least ten Palestinians were killed and 15 injured yesterday when Israeli forces shelled a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in which hundreds of displaced people had sought shelter in the Al-Rimal neighborhood west of Gaza City, Anadolu reports. Palestinian sources …

The headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent in the Gaza Strip have been damaged due to continuous bombardment by the Israeli military. Significant damage was inflicted on the society’s headquarters in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City and the Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Younis, eyewitnesses told Anadolu. The Israeli …

More than a million Palestinians are trapped in the southern border town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip and its surroundings, waiting for Israel to complete its evacuation plan and launch a ground offensive against Hamas fighters in the city, Reuters reported on February 10th. Humanitarian agencies have warned of …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to prepare for the evacuation of over a million civilians from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ahead of an anticipated attack on the area. The statement comes following remarks from the United States stating that Israel has …

On February 7, 2024, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that at 9:30 p.m. (Baghdad time) its forces conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq in response to the attacks on U.S. service members, killing an Iran-backed Iraqi Hizbullah Brigades commander responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on U.S. …

In a February 4, 2024 interview on Fox News, former U.S. President Donald Trump said that in January 2020, Iran had informed his administration of its intention to attack the Ain Al-Assad Air Base in Iraq but without causing casualties. The attack was to be a response to the U.S. …

Iran has long backed a network of armed groups in the Middle East to advance its regional interests. These groups, which include U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and which sometimes style themselves the “Axis of Resistance,” have conducted attacks on U.S., Israeli, and other targets for years. The number, pace, …