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Influential Taliban commanders appointed to key positions in new regime
The Taliban appointed former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir as a deputy minister of defense, while Ibrahim Sadr, who has worked closely with Iran in the past, was named a deputy minister of the interior for security.
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Analysis: Hezbollah’s Escalating Conflict with Israel
Israel finds itself in an escalation with Hezbollah after a string of rocket attacks from southern Lebanon.
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Analysis: Iran escalates maritime conflict against Israel
Israel and its allies mull a response after an Iranian attack against an Israeli-operated ship off the coast of Oman.
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Analysis: 17 Palestinian militant factions identified in recent Gaza conflict
More than a dozen Palestinian militants factions fought against the Israel Defense Forces during the recent conflict in Gaza.
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IDF says it downed two Hezbollah drones in recent weeks
The IDF’s downing of two Hezbollah drones suggests it continues its attempts to probe Israeli airspace to gather information on activity in Israel.
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Iranian-backed groups tout operations in Iraq
The so-called ‘Islamic Resistance in Iraq,’ a grouping of newly created militias and front groups of Iran, celebrated one year of operations against U.S.-led forces.
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Analysis: Syrian missile explodes near Israeli nuclear facility
Official statements about a military confrontation between Israel and Syria casts doubt leading to a more probable explanation into what occurred Thursday morning.
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Analysis: Israel’s three-front conflict with Iran
A tit for tat exchange of retaliatory attacks has taken place between Israel and Iran over recent weeks which has the potential to push both powers towards a wider conflict.
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Israel resumes airstrikes against Iran’s proxy network in Syria
Israel continues its ‘war between the wars’ campaign as it attempts to thwart Iran’s proxy network in Syria and abroad.
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Purported militant groups claim responsibility for blast near Israeli embassy
Two previously unknown militant groups have claimed responsibility for an IED attack near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, India on Friday.
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IDF chief of staff warns of return to Iran nuclear deal, details response to proxies
IDF chief of staff readies efforts to attack Iranian nuclear sites and issues warning against Iranian proxy groups using urban areas to conceal its weapons.
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Purported new militant group claims drone attack against Saudi Arabia
A newly formed militant group claims drone attack against Saudi Arabia after a double suicide bombing in Iraq on Thursday.
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Israel’s Air Force attacks warehouses used to ‘store and stage Iranian weapons’ in Syria
Joint U.S. and Israeli military cooperation led to airstrikes targeting Iranian sites and that of its proxy groups in eastern Syria Wednesday morning.
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U.S. to designate Yemen’s Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization
Additionally, the U.S. State Department will also designate three of the Houthis’ top leaders as global terrorists.
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Will Iran’s threat to Israel from Iraq increase?
Israel has called Iran a “third circle” threat and its new multi-year Momentum plan calls for a dedicated headquarters and general to focus on this threat.
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State Department designates Iranian-backed Bahraini militia
Saraya al Mokhtar is now the second Bahraini militia to be designated as terrorists for ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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Ep. 35 – The Shadow War Inside Iran
FDD senior fellow Behnam Ben Taleblu joins the podcast to discuss recent assassinations inside Iran and the state of the Iranian regime’s various proxy wars.
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U.S. and Afghan forces target Al Qaeda in the south
Despite the repeated targeting, killing, and capturing of Al Qaeda leaders and operatives, the Taliban maintains that the terror group does not operate in Afghanistan.
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Parsing Iranian Responses to the Killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi
Analyzing the outpouring of commentary after Fakhrizadeh’s death from Iranian politicians, military personnel, and media outlets can help shed light on Tehran’s immediate political concerns, security imperatives, as well as prospects for retaliation and escalation.
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Ep. 34 – An Assassination in Tehran
Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss the killing of al Qaeda’s deputy emir in Tehran. The operation was reportedly conducted by Israeli assassins at the behest of the U.S.
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Chief Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran
Iranian Brigadier General and scientist Mohsen Farkhrizadeh was assassinated Friday in an operation attributed to Israel’s Mossad.
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Analysis: Israeli military targets Hezbollah activity in Syria
Recent airstrikes in southern Syria indicate Israel’s attempt to thwart Hezbollah activity near the Golan border.
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Israel launches airstrikes against Quds Force and Syrian military positions
The IDF attacked positions belonging to Iran’s IRGC Quds Force and Syrian Armed Forces after IEDs were discovered near the Alpha Line.
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Analysis: A History of Targeted Killings Attributed to the Mossad
Following the killing of Al Qaeda’s Abu Muhammad al-Masri, the Mossad’s history of targeted killings comes into focus.
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Israel’s military steps up campaign against Iran and its proxies in southern Syria
IDF military operations continue in southern Syria against Iranian military entrenchment near the Golan border.
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Analysis: The IRGC runs for high office in Tehran
63-year-old IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan is eying the Iranian presidency. If his candidacy is approved and he is elected in 2021, Dehghan will be the Islamic Republic’s first military president, a development with significant implications for Iranian domestic politics and foreign policy.
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Hezbollah’s Precision Guided Missile project under renewed scrutiny
An arms depot explosion and an accusation of operating ‘missile factories’ in Beirut has renewed the focus on the Iran/Hezbollah missile project.
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Iranian front groups claim responsibility for recent attacks against Coalition targets in Iraq
Four newly-formed front groups for Iran have claimed several recent attacks across Iraq. American officials have attempted to downplay the events.
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Analysis: Iranian-backed group in Bahrain creates sub-unit to target Israeli interests
In the first official Bahraini militant statement since the announcement of a peace deal between Bahrain and Israel, Saraya Wa’ad Allah says it is opening its doors for recruitment for a new sub-unit dedicated to attacking Israelis on the island.
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Zulfiqar Forces claim attack on U.S. Embassy in Iraq
This is the first time that the Zulfiiqar Forces, a group that formed in June 2020, has claimed a physical attack on US personnel.
