In a speech on Saturday, Hossein Salami, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), claimed that Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel was a step towards its defeat, as well as that of the US. He made the speech in Tehran during a large anti-Israel rally, in a typical rant about the supposed inevitability
A significant winter storm descended on Israel on Sunday, Nov. 19. The storm brought the first snow to the Hermon mountain, which overlooks the Golan Heights. The mountain has troops from Israel’s 810th territorial Hermon brigade, and the IDF distributed photos of them in the snow standing next to a Merkava tank, which has been
For an update on Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza, AKA Israel’s War on Terrorism, host Cliff May is joined by FDD experts Jonathan Schanzer — FDD Senior Vice President for Research and author of Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War — and FDD Senior Fellow Jacob Nagel, who previously served as
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog, reported new data on Wednesday indicating Tehran has expanded its nuclear program since September. The Islamic Republic’s nuclear advances — which have occurred despite U.S. sanctions relief and amid attacks by regime proxies on America and Israel — underscore that the Biden administration’s Iran policies
Latest Developments Israeli fighter jets struck terror sites in Lebanon on November 17. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that strikes targeted “several Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon, including terrorist infrastructure, a weapons storage facility and a military structure.” The Israeli response followed continuing threats from Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has launched numerous attacks against Israel
The International Maritime Security Construct issued a warning for vessels traveling thru the vital Bab al Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea just two days after the Houthis threatened to attack international shipping. “The approaches to the Bab al Mandeb continue to be an area of concern,” the International Maritime Security Coalition (IMSC) – Coalition Task Force
On October 7, Hamas launched its murderous pogrom against Israel. Right on cue, Venezuela’s state-owned news channel Telesur TV, Maduro’s global news outlet, immediately began to peddle pro-Iranian, pro-Hamas, and anti-Israel propaganda, denying the atrocities, glorifying Hamas’ actions as legitimate resistance against oppression and then shifting its coverage to cast Israel as a modern-day genocidal
It has been more than a month of war against Hamas in Gaza. After weeks of an Air Force campaign to bomb and eliminate terrorists and terror infrastructure, Israel launched a ground campaign in late October. Three divisions moved into various parts of Gaza. One of them, the 36th, was tasked with helping encircle Gaza City
Iranian pro-regime media is full of stories about everyday issues in Iran, such as tackling corruption. While Iran may prefer domestic bliss at home and doesn’t want the war to rock the boat in Tehran, it wants its proxies to carry out attacks on the US and Israel. Iran has used messaging since early October that this
Iranian pro-regime media on Wednesday discussed Iran’s meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The Iranian regime held a meeting with the committee’s president, according to Iran’s own regime media: Press TV and Fars News. Press TV also said that “the Israeli regime has, throughout the war, been stonewalling Hamas’s ‘positive approaches’