Two of the world’s most dangerous insurgent groups—Yemen’s Houthis and Somalia’s al-Shabaab—are now working together across the Gulf of Aden. Their operational alliance is already stretching U.S. forces thin across two theaters, exploiting the seam between U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)…
Click here to read a transcript. The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have continued to escalate their assault on Israel, launching at least 26 missiles and drones in September, one of which struck Ramon Airport. Since March, the Houthis have targeted…
Click here to read a transcript. On September 9, Israel struck Hamas’s headquarters in Doha, Qatar, marking the first known Israeli military operation within Qatar’s borders. Operation Summit of Fire targeted Hamas’s most senior leaders, including Khalil al-Hayya, and ended…
Click here to read a transcript. Israel’s daring June campaign against Iran saw numerous successes, including the major degradation of Iran’s military assets and nuclear program. Receiving less attention but just as significant was another extraordinary achievement: the highly successful…
Excerpt Below: Iran’s missile attack against the Al Udeid U.S. Air Force base in Qatar reveals an inconvenient fact: The U.S. base there is a military liability. Worse, it is also a political liability, granting Qatar, with its anti-American agenda, too much…
Operation Midnight Hammer, the monumental U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21, made history several times over. The operation represented the first-ever known American airstrikes inside the Islamic Republic of Iran; the first use of America’s GBU-57 bunker-buster…
Excerpt Below: Israel’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, which began early Friday, June 13, are lawful, contrary to the expressed views of various commentators and politicians, including Senator Bernie Sanders. Several of these commentators have based their contention that…
Israel’s strikes on the heart of Iran’s regime are already shaping up as one of the most ambitious and effective campaigns by a military long known for operational daring and excellence. By trying to forestall an existential threat to itself,…
Overnight, the Israel Defense Forces began conducting strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities and senior Iranian officials. The preemptive attack kicks off Operation Rising Lion, which Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “military operation to roll back the Iranian threat…
By attacking Iran’s nuclear program, Israel has acted to uphold what five successive American presidents from both parties, including President Donald Trump, have identified as a vital national interest of the United States. Now is the time for Washington to leave…