Much has happened since the last round of Hezbollah-Israel warfare in 2006, with both sides very substantially increasing their arsenals. Moreover, Hezbollah has gained years of continuous field experience in…
26 March 2021 The only certainty following Tuesday elections in Israel is that uncertainty still reigns supreme in Jerusalem. Israel has joined the ranks of such crisis-ridden democratic systems as…
The National received a draft policy paper regarding Palestinian affairs of the Biden State Department, written by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs, Hady Amr. Amr has a…
H I Sutton writes extensively on maritime defense topics, particularly underwater warfare. For current events he uses OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) in addition to the usual tools and research. He writes…
The first exit polls will grant anxious Israelis a rough idea about the chances for their elected representatives to finally set up a functioning government, more than two years after…
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,973, March 22, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran’s hegemony scheme for the Middle East not only includes surrounding Israel with missile bases and heavily armed proxies, but…
By Eyad Abu Shakra Every reasonable observer of Lebanon’s collapse must have the following two questions in mind: Have the US and France, the two key Western powers concerned with…
Iran has reportedly threatened to attack an Army base Fort McNair in Washington, DC and kill Gen. Joseph M. Martin in a USS Cole-style attack. The National Security Agency intercepted communications…
Between the fall of ISIS' eastern Syria holdout of Baghouz and last month, the group has claimed responsibility for 5,665 military operations -- an average of eight per day --…
If one tries to look at the Mediterranean Sea from west to east, the obvious checkpoint of Gibraltar is nowadays the most serene one, and there is no trouble between…