On back-to-back days on August 23 and 24, Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy small patrol craft conducted four high-speed approaches of five U.S. Navy ships—two coastal patrol boats and three guided-missile destroyers—in the northern Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz....
The so-called Islamic State has reportedly lost its loudest voice, and one of its original and most influential members....
The increased fighting between rebel groups supported by both Turkey and the United States against U.S.-supported Syrian Kurdish rebel units has exposed the inevitable outcome of U.S. policies centered on fighting the so-called Islamic State via groups that have their own differing priorities and targets....
On August 29, 1966, one of the 20th century’s most influential Islamist ideologues was executed in Cairo, Egypt....
After four months of negotiations and a fragile cessation of hostilities, UN-sponsored peace talks between Iran-supported Zaydi Shi’a Houthi rebels and Yemen’s internationally recognized government have effectively ended....
After five years of fighting, August 24 marked one of the more dramatic days of the Syrian civil war....
In mid-August, the U.S. Department of Defense released the summary of its annual report on Iran’s military strategy and capabilities....
As the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate, there are signs of significant shifts in the dynamics of the conflict....
As terror attacks go, few targets have a more chilling impact than attacks against celebratory events such as weddings....
July and August have seen escalations in terms of both fighting and rhetoric in Ukraine....
In many measurable ways, the world is in considerably better shape than at any point in recorded history....
For the second day in a row on August 17, Russian bombers launched airstrikes in Syria from an airbase in Iran—a sign of increased Russian-Iranian cooperation with repercussions that could extend far past the end of the Syrian civil war....
After two months of sustained fighting, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fully liberated the vital city of Manbij in northern Syria....
The increased incidence of terrorism around the world has had many consequences, two of which were on display this weekend....
For all the international concern over Turkey shifting closer to Russia, the immediate impact of the August 9 meeting between Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin was no more than the normalization of long-standing economic ties....