Situation Report: The US blocks Iran-linked news websites
The U.S. Justice Department blocked a number of Iran-affiliated websites on June 22, many of them linked to disinformation efforts...
Maya Carlin
Analyst
Maya Carlin is an analyst at the Center for Security Policy, located in Washington D.C. She also has a M.A. in Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security from IDC Herzliya’s Lauder School of Government in Israel.
Maya Carlin is an analyst at the Center for Security Policy, located in Washington D.C. She also has a M.A. in Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security from IDC Herzliya’s Lauder School of Government in Israel.
Joe Biden may regret pulling air defenses from Iraq and Saudi Arabia
The Biden administration is withdrawing several air defense assets from countries across the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait,...
Situation Report: UAE among 5 nations elected to UN Security Council
On June 11, the UN General Assembly named the United Arab Emirates, Albania, Brazil, Gabon and Ghana to serve on...
Has the American mainstream already been ‘Corbynized’?
Jews in the United States are witnessing some progressive circles embrace a compliance with anti-Semitic rhetoric. Headlines in 2019 that...
Situation Report: Commander of US CENTCOM explains Iran’s growing drone threat in Iraq
On June 7, the Commander of the U.S. Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie joined a virtual briefing with the U.S....
Can Iran-backed militias in Iraq still kill with impunity?
Iranian militias are vehemently opposed to any American troop presence in Iraq and carry out consistent rocket and drone attacks...
How Hamas is strengthening the Turkey-Iran-Qatar axis
According to Libyan intelligence officials, radical militant groups in Libya funded by Iran, Turkey, and Qatar are responsible for smuggling arms into...
Situation Report: US forces targeted in latest rocket attack in Iraq
On May 24, a rocket attack struck the Ain Al-Asad Airbase located in Western Iraq. The base hosts U.S. military...
Iran’s proxy warfare takes center stage in Gaza
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials are on record disclosing Tehran’s direct role in the conflict. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
How the media shields Hamas’ terrorism against Israel
Hamas has a long history of using civilians and residential areas as shields to dissuade Israeli attacks, and the media...
Situation Report: Tehran and Ankara voice support for role of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in surge of violence against Israel
Hamas’ leader Ismail Haniyeh praised the actions of the Gaza-ruling terror group hours after Israeli civilian targets were bombarded with...
Pitfalls within the security forces leave Iraq vulnerable
Recent attacks by ISIS, Turkey, and Iran complicate Iraq’s road to sovereignty. A sequence of cross-country attacks perpetrated by various...
How Iraq is balancing the Saudi-Iran rivalry
While maintaining good relations with its Iranian neighbor and top energy provider is strategic, Baghdad also sees the potential a...
Drone attacks on US in Iraq highlight Iran’s expanding arsenal
The series of attacks in Iraq this week highlight escalating tensions between pro-Iran militias, the United States, and Iraqi security forces...
Iran Haunts the 46th Anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War
Originally published by The National Interest On the forty-sixth anniversary of its fifteen-year civil war, Beirut again is on the brink...
Situation Report: Biden to pull all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept 11 2021
President Biden plans to withdraw all remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11 2021, extending Trump’s initial May 1...