War in the Middle East
While the Pentagon named its campaign “Epic Fury,” Israel named its campaign “Lion’s Roar”. Focusing on decapitation of high value targets, the IDF together with the US struck launch sites and missile depots, nuclear and other strategic sites, selected energy assets, Uranium mines and land, sea and air force bases.
Tehran views the U.S. as an “oppressive power” and a “Great Satan” that seeks to dominate the Middle East through Israel, the “Little Satan”. So, in response, Iran launched operation “True Promise 4” targeting multiple US military bases and civilian targets across the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar.
In this article, I provide detail, footage, and analysis based on US and Israeli intelligence. The coming days will be pivotal for Iran’s future.
The Deadly Prison Break in Syria – The Return of the Islamic State?
After the US built relations with the new Syrian leader Ahmed Al Sharaa, Washington withdrew its support from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the vanguard that defeated the Islamic State in 2019.
Now, the Syrian Armed Forces consisting of HTS, Al Qaeda and other Jihad groups have attacked prisons containing thousands of IS prisoners, vandalised SDF monuments, and kidnapped and sexually assaulted Kurdish women and girls.
This is the end of the autonomous Kurdish-led region in Syria, which existed for a decade.
In this article, I outline the rapidly deteriorating situation in northeast Syria.
A Hamas propaganda masterpiece
Since October 7th 2023, Hamas has released two of its manifestos. This week, it released its second one yet, titled “A propaganda masterpiece, “Our Narrative – Al Aqsa Flood: Two Years of Steadfastness and the Will for Liberation”.
The entire document is based on conspiracy and false narratives; and its content should be countered point-by-point to save the Palestinians.
Read my full article on this manifesto in the link below.
Islamic State – An Attempt at Revival?
Is the Islamic State reviving? This we know: Both the Islamic State and Al Qaeda affiliates received a boost after Israel responded to the Hamas-led massacre of October 7, 2023.
Israel’s Enduring Offensive and Defensive Capabilities
The updated Israeli defense structure reflects a strategic shift toward preparing for Iranian ballistic-missile threats, rather than primarily Gaza-based rocket fire.
Iran is determined to produce a fully functional nuclear weapon and support its partners and proxies with missiles and drones.
In this article, I write about Israel’s success in air defence, it’s partnership with the US and how practitioners working in national security may learn and analyse how Israel, surrounded by enemies, is responding to the barrage of threats that they have intercepted since October 7th 2023.
Israel kills Hezbollah’s New Chief of Staff
Now that Iran has started to rearm Hezbollah once again, Israel struck Lebanon’s capital on November 23, 2025. Without an evacuation warning, Israel struck Lebanon for the first time since June 2025, killing Hezbollah’s Chief of Staff Haitham Ali Tabataba’i.
The end game: A terror-free Gaza
On Oct 28, 2025, the fighting resumed.
The IDF Air Force F16s bombing resumed strikes against Hamas.
The limited operation was in retaliation to Hamas handing over the remnants of a body of a hostage on October 27 that the IDF had already recovered.
The IDF stated that the body of the deceased hostage handed over by Hamas was recovered from a building, and then covered with sand and staged.
When the Red Cross arrived, Hamas pretended to have just recovered the body from beneath the ground.
The IDF was observing the entire act of Hamas deception from its observation post. Israel stated that Hamas knows where the captive hostages are and continues to play games.
Will the people of Palestine and the people of Israel ever live in security? Read the full article below.
Don’t be fooled by Hamas
With no regret, Hamas is viewed today and in the coming years as a group that damaged and destroyed the lives of people. Hamas patrons and supporters should understand that Hamas is NOT a resistance movement.
Dr. Ezzideen Shehab, a 28-year-old doctor in northern Gaza, born and raised in Jabaliya, had to say much about the victory narrative that Hamas is trying to sell to the world.
Read my full article in the link below.
Trump: ‘The war is over. Do you understand that?’
Today, Monday Oct 13, 2025, President Donald J. Trump will convene “The Middle East Peace Plan” with 20 chiefs of state and heads of government in Egypt.
The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and Chief of Staff Dan Cane will join President Trump on his visit to Israel briefly and then to Egypt.
In this article, I lay out President Trump’s hopes while he heads this historic visit to the Middle East, and juxtapose it with the Hamas hopes and plans.
Declassifying the October 7 Files
The return of the hostages is the only phase in the Trump Plan that can be executed in the immediate term. The Trump Plan has brought hope of a temporary peace in Gaza. The promise of releasing all the living and deceased hostages held by Hamas and its allies created the conditions for the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) to stop bombing Hamas infrastructure on October 4, 2025.
To move to phase two, will Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinian Mujahideen Movement, and other threat groups disarm?