The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a report today detailing ISIS activity in central Syria in 2023 showing that ISIS attacks, high quality attacks, and civilian and military casualties rose dramatically last year—and were often more aggressive than in recent years. The 215 ISIS attacks chronicled by CEP often utilized …

The war in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement, which has been ongoing for six months and has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people, shows no signs of ending, according to the German news agency dpa. Negotiations for a ceasefire and the release of hostages …

The Israeli army has withdrawn all its ground forces from the southern Gaza Strip except for one brigade, said an army spokesman. The army did not immediately provide further details. It is unclear whether the withdrawal will postpone the entry of the army into the city of Rafah in southern …