The US military, “in coordination with the Armed Forces of Nigeria,” killed Abu Bilal al Minuki, a top Islamic State leader, and other unnamed commanders in an operation in northeastern Nigeria on May ...

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 ...

Israeli military aircraft attacked an apartment building in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood on Friday, targeting Hamas’s military chief, Izz al Din al Haddad. The strike, if successful, would be the ...

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 ...

Open-source information and commercially available facial recognition tools have identified three suspects— Amjad Qadoum, ...

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

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

The incident reflects broader tensions as Damascus seeks to reassert control over eastern Syria following agreements with the ...