Iraq’s parliament approved the new government six months after parliamentary elections in November 2025. Ali al Zaidi is now ...

Ali al Zaidi is now the prime minister, but key ministries remain unfilled amid disagreements between Tehran and Washington ...

Iraq Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi (left) arrives at the Council of Representatives for the vote of confidence on his new government. (Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office) On May 14, Iraq’s parliament passed ...

Israel is expanding civilian security preparedness in communities near the Gaza border through a new training program led by Magen 48, a non-profit civilian-led initiative, in cooperation with the ...

Iraqi military officers during an operation in the desert southwest of Najaf. (Iraq Ministry of Defense) “If the circulating press reports about the establishment of a secret military base in the ...

On May 6, Israel conducted its first strike in the greater Beirut metropolitan area since the onset of a ceasefire on April ...

Hamas and other Palestinian terrorists continued to violate the Gaza ceasefire toward the end of April and beginning of May, ...

Iran’s nuclear program is in ruins, but the threat is far from dead. Deputy Director of FDD's Non-Proliferation Program ...

Protesters in Hasaka in eastern Syria tore down a government billboard at the Justice Palace on May 7. The protests by local Kurdish residents came after the Syrian government changed the language on ...

On May 5, Syrian authorities said that security forces dismantled a Hezbollah-linked militant network operating across ...

CENTCOM denied Iranian claims that a US warship was struck on the same day the US announced “Project Freedom,” an effort to ...

A Hwasong-11D short-range ballistic missile tipped with a cluster munition warhead is tested on April 19. (Korean Central News Agency) In a unique episode of father-daughter bonding, Kim Jong Un and ...