Donald Trump’s reluctance to join Saudi Arabia’s conflict with Houthi rebels in Yemen has added new strain to Washington’s relationship with Riyadh, one already shaken by the US’s conduct of its war with Iran. … “MBS will not forget this,”…
Operation Epic Fury helped increase coordination between US partners and allies in the region in terms of air defenses and other types of security coordination. A recent report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to the United States…
Qatar’s decades-long project of bankrolling pro-Islamist, anti-Israel and anti-Western causes could be the first casualty of the collapse of a critical energy income stream, a former U.S. national security adviser told JNS in recent days. … John Hannah, the Randi…
The United States has demonstrated impressive combat power in the conflict with Iran. And yet, when Iranian authorities shut down the country’s internet and communications earlier this year during the nationwide anti-regime protests and Operation Epic Fury, the US was…
President Trump’s efforts to bring the Iran war to an end have faltered several times. … Jonathan Ruhe, a Jewish Institute for National Security of America’s (JINSA) fellow for American Strategy, argued the U.S. is going with the strategy to…
Any US sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia should account for Israel’s qualitative military edge and Riyadh’s place in a broader US-led regional security architecture before it moves forward, a Washington national-security expert told The Jerusalem Post following…
The State Department announced Thursday it has approved the possible sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia at an estimated cost of $24.3 billion. … “It’s a categorically bad idea, until and unless the U.S. and [Saudi Arabia]…
Saudi Arabia’s escalating conflict with the Houthis has revealed just how challenging it has become for the U.S. to deter the Iran‑backed terrorist group, former officials and regional experts say, as Houthi gains along the Red Sea raise alarms about…
On July 30, the Board of Peace (BoP) surprised the world with its Gaza Roadmap—an agreement with Hamas to implement the second phase of President Trump’s peace plan. To the shock of many, the terror group officially committed to surrendering…
The war between the US and Iran has opened a new maritime front along the Red Sea. As Washington and Tehran contest the Strait of Hormuz, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have declared a blockade of Saudi commerce through the Bab el-Mandeb…