Key Takeaways: Hezbollah’s changed military and political position in Lebanon means that it poses a different threat to Israel from the one it did before the October 7 War, and that any Hezbollah intervention would likely involve a new strategy using new, longer range and low-cost weapons. Israel’s 2024 campaign …

Iraq is preparing to launch trials for ISIS members transferred from Syria by the international coalition—a move that has triggered intense legal and political debate. According to U.S. Central Command, more than 5,700 detainees were moved from Syrian detention facilities to Iraqi custody during a 23-day operation that began on …

The ink had barely dried on the “January 30 Agreement”—the landmark deal through which the Syrian state and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reached a comprehensive settlement restoring state authority over the entire eastern Euphrates—when Israel made a striking announcement. Tel Aviv appointed Brigadier General Ghassan Alian, the former Coordinator …