Lebanon and Israel have recently been at the precipice of war, but predictions of a full escalation have been false alarms. What has not been a false alarm, however, has ...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced early Sunday morning local time that it had launched a preemptive strike on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon to thwart a major imminent attack ...
Even Israel’s friends overseas often have trouble understanding its conduct in the Israel-Hamas war and its ancillary conflicts with Hezbollah, Iran, and the Houthis. While some may be forgiving about ...
Israel’s war in Gaza has long been embedded in a broader regional conflict, with Iran; the Houthis in Yemen; and most importantly, the Lebanese Hezbollah also attacking Israel in the name ...
The Middle East faces a moment of peril. Since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel responded with a brutal campaign in Gaza, the region has been on ...
It’s tempting to believe that the latest escalation in the Middle East, which threatens once again to engulf the entire region in war, killed the prospects of a long-term cease-fire ...
First, the U.S. Defense Department redirected the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group from the Pacific to the Middle East, relieving the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Then, the Pentagon sent more ...
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) brigade that has been active in the fight against Hamas in Gaza drilled last week in northern Israel in preparation for a possible ground war ...
A pair of high-profile assassinations has pushed the Middle East closer to the brink of a wider regional war and upended high-stakes cease-fire and hostage negotiations over the war in ...
Israel’s July 31 assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and its July 30 strike targeting Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut may herald a worsening conflict between Israel ...