Iranian activists of all stripes opposed to the Islamic Republic and many citizens were in celebratory mood on social media after Israel’s June 13, 2025, attack on military and nuclear targets in Iran. An anonymous activist with 157,000 followers on X wrote, “It appears that Israel has eliminated the entire …

Israel’s large-scale assault on Iran appears to have stunned the country’s military leadership and may have delayed an immediate retaliatory strike. But it remains unclear whether it achieved its primary objective: crippling Iran’s nuclear program, which Israel claims Tehran is on the verge of weaponizing despite claims from Iran that …

Islamic State (IS) in Syria aims to ignite sectarian violence, fragment national cohesion, and undermine the legitimacy of the transitional government. Lagging integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the Syrian military and U.S. troop withdrawals have created a strategic environment ripe for further exploitation. Through IS’s vast propaganda …