Middle Orient

Through its Yemeni proxy the Houthis, Iran can successfully target global supply chains, threatening freedom of navigation and maritime security with strikes in the Bab al-Mandab. The multinational effort to thwart these disruptions, Operation Prosperity Guardian, has failed to establish credible deterrence in the Red Sea, as Houthi attacks on …

L’attaque de drone de cette semaine contre Saleh al-Arouri, haut dirigeant du Hamas, dans le sud de Beyrouth, prouve de manière irréfutable qu’Israël veut étendre le conflit au-delà de ses frontières. Au cours des dernières semaines, Israël a assassiné un chef politique adjoint du Hamas (al-Arouri), un conseiller principal des …

In 2nd speech this week, Hezbollah chief vows response is coming on the killing of Hamas terror orchestrator Arouri, says Lebanon would be exposed if assassination went unanswered Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah threatened that Israel’s northern residents would be “the first to pay the price if a full-scale war were …

Salvo of more than 40 projectiles sets off alarms in 90 Israeli communities; no injuries in strikes that targeted Mount Meron area; IDF hits terror infrastructure in response The Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon fired a barrage of dozens of rockets into Israel on Saturday in a move it called …

Since Hezbollah’s guns began their unprovoked fire against Israel on October 8, 2023, Lebanon has found itself an unwitting battlefield in the war between Israel and the Gaza Strip’s Palestinian terrorist factions. Lebanon, whose territory is both the headquarters of Hezbollah—Iran’s most powerful extension and vanguard of its regional expansionism—and …

The Iraqi government is beginning the process to remove the U.S.-led international military coalition from the country, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s office said on Friday. The U.S. has 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 in Iraq on a mission it says advises and assists local forces trying to prevent …

Communications intercepts collected by the United States confirmed that Daesh’s Khorasan branch carried out twin bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people, Reuters reported on Friday citing US intelligence sources. The sources said the intelligence comprised communications intercepts, without providing further details. Wednesday’s bombings were the deadliest of their …

Turkish police are conducting a large-scale operation in eight provinces, including Istanbul, where 33 individuals have been detained so far on suspicion of international espionage for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, reports Anadolu. The operation is carried out as part of an investigation led by the Department for the Investigation …

Israeli authorities have announced that they will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), based in The Hague, to present their defense against charges of genocide filed by the Republic of South Africa, as reported by Anadolu. The decision, according to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, comes after intensive …

Only 15 percent of Israelis want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remain in office after the Gaza Strip war, according to a new public opinion survey published on Tuesday, as reported by Anadolu Agency. The research, conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute, revealed that 23 percent of Israelis prefer former …