The rapid implosion of Bashar al-Assad’s decades-long rule in Syria is the latest shake-up in a quickly changing Middle East. Though Iran’s loss of a prime asset in al-Assad marks a blow to the regime’s regional designs, Iran is simultaneously…
The stunning and rapid collapse of Syria’s ruling Assad regime in recent days is the latest domino to fall in Iran’s regional axis, further weakening Tehran’s strategic deck of cards. The departure of Bashar al-Assad marks the end of decades…
Although the precarious ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon remains in place, Hezbollah has violated the deal, prompting Israeli strikes in Lebanon. Additionally, Israel has expanded its operations in Jabalia where Hamas has resurged its presence within the northern Gaza stronghold.…
Israel and Lebanon have now finalized a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. As JINSA argued in its November 20 report, Suppressing Iran’s Ring of Fire in Lebanon, a strong deal, in addition to ending major hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, could allow…
Turkey’s foreign policy is, once again, exhibiting the activist but Janus-like tendencies that have defined the more than two decades under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On the one hand, in just the last week, Turkey announced it would sever relations…
On Thursday, months after first threatening to do so, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, charging them with war crimes. JINSA hosted a conversation on the illegitimacy…
Israeli operations in the north continue to degrade Hezbollah’s capabilities, yet the terrorist group has maintained the ability to return fire with lethal effect, even as negotiations towards a ceasefire continue. Talks towards a deal in Gaza, however, have been…
President-elect Donald Trump will be returning to the White House at a critical moment for the Middle East. Iran is on the precipice of nuclear weapons capability and expected to attack Israel directly for the third time in seven months.…
October 31 marked one of the deadliest days for Israel in the current front against Hezbollah, with seven civilians killed in rocket attacks amid reports that ceasefire talks in the north have stalled. Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continues…
On early Saturday morning local time, over 100 Israeli military aircraft carried out three waves of air strikes inside Iran, in addition to hitting air defenses along the way in Syria and Iraq. The attack, which targeted military bases and…