For many Lebanese, Israel’s actions have revived memories not just of 2025, but even 1982, when Israeli forces swept into Lebanon to crush Palestinian militants. … Yaakov Amidror, a former national security advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who…
As the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran rages in the Persian Gulf, there’s another battle against the regime’s influence being fought a bit closer to home. The Iranian missiles and drones that are raining down on countries in…
Even as Iran expands attacks across the Persian Gulf, several of the countries directly targeted are still refusing to join the fight against Iran, opting instead for restraint and diplomacy. Gulf governments say their priority is defending their territory while…
Iran confirmed on Tuesday that Israel had assassinated overnight Ali Larijani, one of the most important Iranian officials still alive. Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s National Security Council, was the regime’s key figure after the assassination of supreme leader Ali Khamenei by…
Former Air Force Commander and JINSA Distinguished Fellow Maj Gen (ret.) Amikam Norkin spoke in an interview about a possible entry into politics, the October 7 debacle, and the investigation conducted by the Air Force. “These days I’m not thinking…
Within a period of less than two weeks in June 2025, and without suffering any combat or operational losses of manned aircraft, Israel was able to rapidly establish air superiority and supremacy over relevant parts of Iran, heavily degrade the…
Missile salvos from the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific are exposing the limits of interceptor-based defenses, and the US Navy’s renewed testing of its electromagnetic railgun suggests a possible answer. This month, The War Zone (TWZ) reported that the US…
When Israel and the United States struck Iran’s nuclear facilities last summer, the goal was clear: cripple Tehran’s ability to produce a nuclear weapon. The attacks damaged key enrichment sites and infrastructure. But the fate of Iran’s most sensitive material—hundreds…
The latest U.S. military attacks against Iran have been criticized by several members of Congress — including Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia), Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) and Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia) — who argue the Iranian threat, nuclear or otherwise, was insufficiently imminent to justify self-defense.…
The number of ballistic missiles fired by Iran has collapsed since the first day of the conflict, according to data from the Washington-based Jewish Institute for National Security of America, or JINSA. On Feb. 28, when the conflict began, the…