When the United States and Israel jointly went to war with Iran on February 28, President Donald Trump predicted that the conflict would last from three to five weeks. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not commit himself to a deadline, preferring to keep his options open. Almost six weeks on, there is no end in […]
As Russia watches the current war in Iran play out, it is caught between its support of the Iranian regime and its desire to preserve bilateral relations with the United States and Israel, which attacked Iran a little more than a month ago. Hewing to a calibrated policy of strategic equilibrium, Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
China has condemned the United States’ and Israel’s joint military offensive in Iran and has called for an immediate ceasefire. As the largest buyer of Iranian oil, China provides Iran with critical economic support. At the same time, China seeks to maintain a stable relationship with Israel. In the past few years, however, antisemitic tropes […]
Two more members of Iran’s Axis of Resistance have been drawn into the month-long war waged by the United States and Israel in Iran. On March 28, the Houthis of Yemen launched their first attack against Israel since the end of the two-year war in the Gaza Strip last October. Targeting “sensitive Israeli military sites,” […]
Nearly a month into its third war with Hezbollah since 2006, Israel has expanded its ground and air operations in Lebanon and may yet launch a fullscale invasion of southern Lebanon. As Defence Minister Israel Katz indicated, Israel intends to create a buffer zone in territory south of the Litani River, a distance of some […]
The nearly one-month-old war pitting the United States and Israel against Iran shows no signs of letting up, but President Donald Trump is clearly trying to end it on his own terms. Over the past few days, as U.S. and Israeli aircraft have continued to bomb Iran, Trump has issued both optimistic and threatening pronouncements. […]
Israel has absorbed four rounds of punishing Iranian ballistic missile and drone bombardments since the spring of 2024. Although Israel has managed to intercept about 90 percent of the projectiles, the few that have gotten through have caused damage and claimed lives, proving that even the best air defence system is not 100 percent hermetic. […]
The summer Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 presented West Germany with a golden opportunity to welcome visitors to the “new” Germany. A quarter of a century after the fall of Adolf Hitler’s genocidal Nazi regime, which persecuted and murdered German and European Jews before and during the Holocaust, Germans could finally try to put […]
Arab Gulf states are shocked and dismayed that they have been continually targeted by Iran during its war with the United States and Israel. Since its outbreak on February 28, Iran has fired roughly 1,300 ballistic missiles and 2,500 drones at the Persian Gulf. Approximately 60 percent of Iranian projectiles have been aimed at countries […]
Israel is currently embroiled in a two-front war. As Israeli jets pound Iran, Israel hammers Hezbollah in Lebanon. The war north of Israel’s border has been overshadowed by the joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Iran, but Israel’s operations in Lebanon are equally vital for its long-term peace and security. Hezbollah, Iran’s chief regional proxy, launched […]