Middle Orient

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 …

Dozens of pairs of shoes were placed in front of the White House on Monday by pro-Palestinian demonstrators as a reminder of the children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza. “In honor of the children killed in Palestine,” read a sign. The protesters, gathered at Lafayette Square in Washington, marked …

The Israeli army announced this morning that it had killed a high-ranking commander of the Lebanese group Hezbollah in an airstrike on southern Beirut. On Monday evening, they had announced plans for a “precise and guided” attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut. In a statement, the Israeli army reported …

On the night of September 30, 2024, the IDF began a limited ground maneuver in south Lebanon. The forces eliminated hundreds of terrorist operatives, and located and destroyed terrorist facilities hidden in civilian sites. Ten IDF soldiers were killed. The IDF continued airstrikes on Hezbollah terrorist targets in the Dahiyeh …

A year of conflict has ushered in a new era of mass displacement in the Middle East. Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent sustained Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Israel has expanded its operations on multiple fronts to include the West Bank, Yemen, Syria and …