Policy Analysis

As details emerge of potential direct links to the attack on Israel, one thing is clear: Hamas would not have been able to plan and conduct such an operation without years of Iranian training, Iranian weapons, and hundreds of millions of dollars in Iranian funding.

Haitham spoke both as a sovereign and as a prime minister accounting for progress.

Amid their ceasefire in solidarity with events in Gaza, Iraqi "resistance" leaders went back to their old habits of diminishing each other and spilling their secrets, with interesting results.

سال‌ها حماس از سوی صداهای پیشگام عرب به عنوان گروهی تروریستی سرزنش می‌شد که علیه منافع فلسطینیان کار می‌کند. و آنگاه ۷ اکتبر روی داد.

اولین اظهارات علنی رهبر حزب‌الله درباره غزه از نظر لحن محتاطانه و از لحاظ محتوا مبهم بود، اما اگر وضعیت سیاسی یا تاکتیکی حزب‌الله تغییر کند، ممکن است نتوان برای مدت نامحدود در مقابل حزب‌الله بازدارندگی ایجاد کرد.

The Biden administration needs to tread carefully in engaging Algeria, since preserving UN negotiations on Western Sahara and protecting Morocco’s crucial relations with Washington and Israel are paramount to U.S. regional interests

According to new polling, the percentage of six Arab publics who believe America has had a positive role in the war amounts to just 7%.

Despite not taking the time to speak with Israeli officials or even verify key details on the ground, reporters proceeded with a heavily slanted piece that raised further questions about the paper’s wartime editorial policies.

The international community and the Global Coalition should pressure Turkey to cease its drone attacks and help to address the destruction of facilities and infrastructure installations.

As Iran-backed proxies continue targeting Israeli and U.S. interests, mounting public anger in the Gulf states might spur leaders to announce production cuts at this week’s cartel meeting.

Despite reassuring U.S. officials during recent meetings, it is unclear whether Prime Minister Sudani can indefinitely placate an angry public or prevent Tehran’s militia proxies from further escalating the situation.

عصائب اهل الحق، حرکت حزب‌الله النجبا، و گروه‌های پوششی شریک آنان ممکن است به زودی و در بحبوحه جنگ حماس-اسرائیل حملات خود را تشدید کنند، البته در چارچوب محدوده‌ای که ایران تعیین می‌کند.

عناصر «مقاومت» عراق در سخنان خود علیه حضور آمریکا لحن خصمانه‌تری گرفته‌اند که نشانه‌ای است از اینکه در حمایت از حماس در جنگ غزه سطح تازه‌ای از افزایش تنش علیه سربازان آمریکایی در راه است.

Although Washington and its partners have kept the war from spreading so far, the lack of clear rules on some fronts—particularly Syria—has created a dangerous environment in which any actor might inadvertently cross someone’s red lines.

Washington has signaled that its patience is wearing thin with the group's pivotal role in two dozen attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria in a month.

Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada's designation for terrorist activities is long overdue, reflecting its important ongoing role in attacks on U.S. forces in northern Iraq and eastern Syria.

در حالی که اسرائیل برای بیرون راندن حماس از غزه آماده می‌شود، ایران و نیروهای نیابتی‌اش تهدیدات خود را علیه آمریکا گسترش می‌دهند؛ امری که یادآور بمب‌گذاری‌های چهل سال پیش در بیروت است که حزب‌الله آن‌ها را بنا به خواست ایران انجام می‌داد.

The combination of highly motivated young extremists on the ground, supportive far-right politicians back home, and ineffective local security measures may stoke a full-scale uprising if authorities continue to look the other way.

One of the most well-established Iraqi volunteer militias to fight for Iran and the Assad regime, both in the Syrian civil war and during various anti-U.S. actions.

A study on who joins extremist and terrorist movements and why, offering new quantitative methods to approach the problem.