Yemen: The World According to the Huthi Framing and Mobilization Strategies
By Salem Bahfi Recent Huthi escalation in the Red Sea and active involvement in the Gaza conflict has led to
Read More
REGIONAL MIDDLE EAST
Hamas Promises More Violence on 35th Anniversary
by Hany Ghoraba Unemployment in Gaza is above 40 percent. Its infrastructure is in shambles, with electricity and clean water
Read More
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
By Hassane Ousseini Amidst the turn to great power competition, Africa has been identified as an area where the focus
Read More
The sun sets behind U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jamie R. Johnson, a platoon sergeant from Bayonet Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, in Afghanistan's Kunar Province March 17. Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Mark Burrell, 210th MPAD
Preventing Future Afghanistan Like Disasters In A Post 9/11 World
By Dr. Joshua Sinai The quick and easy takeover by the Taliban of the Afghanistan state in August 2021, following
Read More
The Afghanistan Aftermath: Will The U.S. Withdrawal Embolden Terrorists To Attack America?
By Paul Davis A retired intelligence officer who served in Afghanistan on multiple tours expressed his bitterness over the hasty
Read More
Learning Afghanistan’s Lessons
By Phyllis Chesler The country in which I was once held hostage so very long ago is swiftly returning to
Read More
Pro-Hamas demonstrators at a rally in Damascus Syria in december 2008 during the Israel-Gaza conflict. CC BY 2.0 Thephotostrand.
Hamas Going Through Election Motions As It Awaits Possible West Bank Chaos
By Yaakov Lappin The two Palestinian rival governing movements, Fatah and Hamas, are preparing for elections in the coming months,
Read More
Radical Middle East Actors Increasingly Turn to Drones
By Yaakov Lappin Radical actors throughout the Middle East and beyond are increasingly turning to various types of drones to
Read More
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, Turkey on October 17, 2018.
Erdogan’s Neo-Ottoman Aspirations Inspire Islamists
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s once hidden agenda of reviving a modern version of the Ottoman Empire is not so
Read More
Terrorism on Trial: Sudan Faces the Supreme Court
By Edward J. Maggio On Aug. 7, 1998, truck bombings were planned and executed against the U.S. embassies in Nairobi,
Read More
The Real Threats Behind Iran’s Military Satellite Launch
By Potkin Azarmehr While the rest of the world is busy battling the coronavirus outbreak, and lockdowns grind economies to
Read More
Islamic State Has a Major Opportunity in Libya
By Olivier Guitta Special to IPT News Islamic State, the supposedly almost-defunct jihadist group, is not only making a comeback
Read More
Iran May Defeat the United States and Conquer the Middle East… Unless!!!
By Col. Dan Dickerson It is a common human tendency to continue to apply old rules and to follow old
Read More