Middle Orient

Houthi Missile Strikes Israeli Soil for First Time

Latest Developments The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen struck Israel with a cruise missile on March 18 for the first time. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on March 19 that the Israeli Air Force monitored the cruise missile until it impacted in an open area north of Eilat, causing no …

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In the wake of American-Israeli bombardment
Iranian presence in Syria: A repositioning, not a withdrawal

The Iranian presence in Syria has always been a source of concern at a regional level, for Arab countries on the one hand, and for Israel on the other. If the partial Arab severance of relations with al-Assad has pushed the issue of Iranian presence off the negotiation table, this …

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Israeli Vandalism: The Story of Hamad City

‘No stone is unturned’: The Israelis are determined to make the lives of the Palestinians of Gaza into a living hell When the Israeli army left Hamad City, they totally destroyed it. A plush city, north of Khan Younis and built with hundreds of millions of dollars from Qatar starting …

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IntelBrief: Iran-Backed Militias in Iraq and Syria Standing Down, for Now

U.S. officials are increasingly confident they have deterred Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, which have not attacked U.S. forces for more than one month. U.S.-Iraq talks to limit or potentially end a U.S. military presence in Iraq appear to have contributed to the decision by pro-Iranian groups to halt …

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What is ISIS-K, the group that allegedly carried out the Moscow concert hall attack?

The New Arab looks into who ISIS-K are and why they might have carried out the attack in Moscow that killed over 100 people. A branch of the Islamic State group (IS), which once controlled vast swathes of Iraq and Syria, has claimed responsibility for the deadly terror attack at …

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Iran Update, March 21, 2024

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and other Palestinian militias cooperating against Israel have likely established at least one cell in Jenin to target Israeli civilian areas outside of the West Bank. Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man from Jenin carrying a weapon and “ready-to-use explosive device” in Zeita, along the West …

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On the Horizon: The Future of the Jihadi Movement

Abstract: Following the 9/11 attack, the United States led the international community to fight jihadi terrorism. Over 20 years later, jihadi violence in the West is low, but the number of Sunni jihadi outfits around the world has increased. And while the central leaderships of both al-Qaida and the Islamic …

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Al Jazeera should report, not inflame, the Gaza war

The Qatar-owned channel Al Jazeera has unjustifiably become part of the Gaza war story. In January, two Al Jazeera reporters, Hamzah Dahdouh and Mustafa Thurayya, were killed in the war. On Monday, the Israeli military freed Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza Ismail Al-Ghoul, hours after arresting him during its renewed …

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Iran Update, March 20, 2024

Kataib Hezbollah Secretary General Abu Hussein al Hamidawi said during a meeting with unspecified leaders in Iran’s so-called “Axis of Resistance” in Tehran on March 20 that the current pause in attacks on US forces does not mark the end of efforts to expel US forces from Iraq .[i] Hamidawi …

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