Middle Orient

Abstract This study aims to understand, determine and explain the Dahiya Doctrine that was adopted during the Lebanon War (2006), and that was applied as a deterrence model. In this frame, it deals with Israel’s dissuasive expectation through the doctrine which was based on harming military infrastructure of theorganizations and …

The New Arab looks into the accusations that Israel has used depleted uranium, as well as what the substance is and why it’s so dangerous. Israel has been accused of using bombs containing depleted uranium in its bombardment of Lebanon. “The extent of destruction and the penetration of buildings and …

Repeating its strategy of the 2006 summer war, Israel has already flattened wide areas in Beirut’s southern suburbs and elsewhere in Lebanon Swathes of Beirut’s southern suburbs have been reduced to rubble because of the Israeli military’s near-daily bombardment of the area. Scenes of widespread destruction are also visible in …

Iran appeared to be taking preparations in anticipation of a potential Israeli strike on its oil facilities, despite US warnings to Israel regarding this. Iran is anticipating an Israeli attack after it launched ballistic missiles against Israel earlier this month, and appears to be taking steps in preparation for this, …

Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal said the Palestinian group would rise “like a phoenix” from the ashes despite heavy losses during a year of war with Israel, and that it continues to recruit fighters and manufacture weapons, Reuters reported. One year after the Hamas attack that triggered the war, Meshaal framed …

Israeli political leaders indicated that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed Hashem Safi ed Din—the presumed successor to Hassan Nasrallah—in an airstrike on Beirut on October 4.[i] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement on October 8 that Israel killed “Nasrallah himself, and Nasrallah’s replacement, and the …

Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem said Tuesday the militant group supported Lebanese efforts for a ceasefire with Israel, after two weeks of heavy Israeli strikes that killed its leader. “We support the political efforts that (Lebanese Parliament Speaker) Nabih Berri is undertaking towards a ceasefire,” Qassem said in a televised …

During September 2024 the fighting continued in the Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria and south Lebanon, and the pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Yemen continued attacking Israel. The Gaza Strip: Four rockets were fired at Israeli territory, the lowest monthly figure since Gaza Strip War began on October 7, 2023. …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The destabilizing actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its armed proxy groups, known as the Axis of Resistance, threaten vital US interests in the Middle East and beyond, ranging from the security and stability of US allies to the free flow of energy and maritime commerce—and …

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Erakchi stated that Iran would respond forcefully without hesitation to any possible Israeli attack. Speaking at an event held at the Center for Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IPIS) in Tehran, attended by the ambassadors of Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, and Syria, Erakchi highlighted …