Israeli Air Force pounds Islamic Jihad targets in Syria, Gaza

Israeli Air Force pounds Islamic Jihad targets in Syria, Gaza

The Israeli Air Force blasted several Islamic Jihad targets in Syria and the Gaza Strip late Sunday and early Monday after the terrorist organization fired dozens of rockets into Israel.  The Israelis later killed one terrorist who attempted to plant explosives along the fence with Gaza, the military said in a statement. They then dragged […]

Iran threatens to strike America and Israel if they make ‘the slightest error’

Iran threatens to strike America and Israel if they make ‘the slightest error’

The Iranian military marked the 40-day anniversary of the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani by rattling their saber and threatening both the United States and Israel.  Major General Hossein Salami, head of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that Iran is prepared to attack both the U.S.and Israel if either makes the […]

Israelis keep pounding Hamas following rocket attacks

Israelis keep pounding Hamas following rocket attacks

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted airstrikes against targets in Gaza on Sunday night after another rocket was fired at Israel’s south from the Palestinian side of the border, the military said.  On Sunday night, incoming rocket sirens sent thousands of Israelis once again rushing to bomb shelters in the southern town of Sderot and […]

Israeli Air Force pounds Iranian targets inside Syria

Israeli Air Force pounds Iranian targets inside Syria

During the early pre-dawn hours of Thursday, the Israeli air force reportedly pounded several proxy Iranian militia targets according to the Syrian government. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that 12 militiamen were killed. The Syrian military released a statement through the Syrian state news agency SANA claiming that they downed a […]

Iranian propaganda gone wrong

Iranian propaganda gone wrong

Editor’s note: The heightened tensions with Iran offer an opportunity to examine the ups and downs of an undeclared conflict that has been going on for over 40 years. This falls into the light category.  When propaganda efforts go wrong, the effect can be hilarious indeed. Last year, as the Iranian government was celebrating the […]

What is the threat level to US Embassies and diplomatic personnel abroad?

What is the threat level to US Embassies and diplomatic personnel abroad?

Considering the current status of events in the Middle East I believe that the threat level to U.S. Embassies to be moderate to low. Embassies are fairly hard targets these days, considering the steps which have been taken to increase their security since the last major attack on a U.S. Diplomatic establishment. The last such […]

Perhaps next time: Why was the Iranian response so feeble?

Perhaps next time: Why was the Iranian response so feeble?

Is this it? Is this all you can conjure, Iran? That’s what everyone must have thought this morning. The Iranian response to the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the secretive Quds Force and arguably one of the most powerful men in Iran and the Middle East, was feeble, to say the […]

Could Iran strike the US homeland with terrorist attacks?

Could Iran strike the US homeland with terrorist attacks?

“The U.S. bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism.” With these words, the United States has been warned by Iran that the killing of Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, will not go unanswered.  The Trump administration claims that the attack was in retaliation to the attack on the U.S. Embassy […]

Violence continues at US Embassy in Baghdad as Trump threatens Iran

Violence continues at US Embassy in Baghdad as Trump threatens Iran

After a day of angry protests in front of the United States embassy in Baghdad, violence continued again on Wednesday as security personnel fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to scale the walls of the embassy.  The violence began after Iranian proxy forces launched yet another missile attack on an American base […]

Iran using power vacuum to move missiles into Iraq

Iran using power vacuum to move missiles into Iraq

The Iranians are taking advantage of the chaos and power vacuum in Iraq to solidify themselves in the country. They are now stockpiling a number of short-range missiles in Iraq. This is part of their plan to increase their leverage across the Middle East and to check the influence of the United States and Israel […]

Argentina cracks down on Hezbollah, but its neighbors must do the same

Argentina cracks down on Hezbollah, but its neighbors must do the same

On Saturday July 13th, the President of Argentina Mauricio Macri said his country is “moving forward” to declare the armed Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Macri announced this in an interview with CNN Español. Hezbollah is based in Lebanon but is an Iranian proxy, and is long suspected of carrying out two deadly terrorist […]

White House labels Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terror group: What exactly does that mean?

White House labels Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terror group: What exactly does that mean?

The Trump administration made headlines all over the world Monday with the announcement the U.S. government has designated Iran‘s elite military unit known as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “foreign terrorist organization.” While this specific designation has been discussed a number of times in the past, many media outlets have pointed out […]