Middle Orient

In the days before U.S. airstrikes hit Iran’s Fordow and Isfahan nuclear sites, satellite images captured convoys of cargo trucks leaving the facilities. Nuclear experts now believe Iran relocated more than 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium—enough for 10 nuclear weapons—to a secret location, a move that has left U.S. …

Paradoxically, President Donald Trump appears to have secured an end or perhaps a pause to the 12-day Iran-Israel war with a fragile ceasefire but there is no guarantee that it will not resume again. Even Trump isn’t confident about the “ceasefire” he is taking credit for. Interestingly, notwithstanding the claims …

Israel has turned key components of Iran’s tyrannical regime into rubble. In solidarity with the Iranian people who have long endured the regime’s brutality, the first wave of Israeli strikes from June 13-18 targeted those who have most repressed them: senior military commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), …

Abstract: The October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel triggered a rapid escalation in regional conflict and reshaped the operational landscape of Iran-backed violent non-state actors. Using data from the Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center’s GRID database, this article compares patterns of terrorist violence in the Middle East one …

La plus grande réussite de l’Iran dans sa guerre de 12 jours avec Israël a été de faire revivre la Théorie de la toile d’araignée, introduite par Hasan Nasrallah après le retrait d’Israël du sud du Liban en 2000. Lors de son discours proclamant la victoire sur les occupants israéliens, …

The uranium enrichment plant at Fordow was known as the jewel in the crown of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s “supreme leader.” It would have been more accurate to call it the dagger in the ayatollah’s cloak, or maybe the bomb in the terrorist’s backpack. It was one ingredient in a decades-long …

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Key Takeaways: The ceasefire between Iran and Israel appears to be holding despite both Israeli and Iranian claims of violations. Israel has responded to perceived Iranian violations of the ceasefire but has not resumed its campaign at this time. Iran has conducted at least seven ballistic missile attacks targeting Israel …

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Le marché boursier a été le premier à «poser le diagnostic» de la réponse de Téhéran à la frappe américaine contre des sites nucléaires : alors que les missiles iraniens volaient encore en direction de la base militaire d’Al-Udeid au Qatar, les prix du pétrole avaient déjà commencé à chuter …