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Kataib Hezbollah leads drone warfare inside Iraq

Militia Spotlight

Kataib Hezbollah’s is employing sophisticated drone capabilities against U.S. airbases in Iraq, mirroring tactics and systems used in Yemen

Michael Knights
Crispin Smith

Bahrain’s Interlocking Regional and Domestic Tensions

Manama is still grappling with the complex challenge of developing ties with Israel while coping with homegrown Shia militancy.

Simon Henderson

Rehabilitating Assad: The Arab League Embraces a Pariah

Parochial interests and war fatigue are driving many member states to support premature elections and normalization with Damascus, but this approach will only consolidate Assad’s control and help him evade accountability for war crimes.

David Schenker

Profile: Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada

Militia Spotlight: Profiles

Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada is a splinter of Kataib Hezbollah that works directly with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and has a transnational focus on the shared regional agenda of the Iran-backed axis of resistance.

Michael Knights

How Iran Employed Iraq's Muqawama in Its Post-Natanz Response

Militia Spotlight

Militias falsely claimed attacks against Israeli and U.S. targets in retaliation for the nuclear incident, underlining how Tehran directs and coordinates each proxy's kinetic and information operations in a centralized manner.

Hamdi Malik
Crispin Smith

UAE Wealth Fund to Buy Share of Israeli Gas Field

If the $1.1 billion deal goes ahead, it will strengthen Abu Dhabi’s claim to be a player in the East Mediterranean.

Simon Henderson

Articles & Testimony

Want to Sell F-35s to the UAE? Time to Address the China Factor

To safeguard U.S. national security, the Biden administration needs to hold the UAE to the same standards it demands of other partners in the Joint Strike Fighter program.

David Schenker

U.S. and Iranian flags

Articles & Testimony

Iran Moves Closer to a Diplomatic Breakthrough That May Upset Israel

A bevy of Israeli security officials will soon visit Washington against a backdrop of Vienna talks, Saudi engagement with Tehran, and continued nuclear moves.

Simon Henderson

Satellite image of the Red Sea region and the Arabian Peninsula

Don't Part the Red Sea: Formulating Holistic Policy Toward a Key Region

A former NAVCENT commander joins a panel of distinguished diplomats and experts to discuss why Washington should approach the region’s disparate economic, political, and security issues in a more integrated fashion.

John Miller
Susan L. Ziadeh
Tibor Nagy
Elana DeLozier

al-Sahaba Mosque, Darnah, Libya

In-Depth Reports

'A Caliphate That Gathered' Addressing the Challenge of Jihadist Foreign Fighter Hubs

By devoting resources to areas of concentrated recruitment, the Biden administration can reduce the scope of future Middle East conflicts along with the likelihood that U.S. troops will once again be drawn into them.

Nate Rosenblatt

Photo of Muslim World League secretary-general Mohammad Al-Issa visiting Auschwitz

Teaching the Holocaust in the Arab World

A remarkable panel of Arab educators, activists, and civic leaders share their experiences with breaking regional taboos and formulating effective ways to teach youths about genocide.

Ali al-Nuaimi
Zeina Barakat
El Mehdi Boudra

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh

China’s Foreign Minister Tours the Middle East: Outcomes and Implications

The trip echoed Beijing’s strategy of stringing together initiatives that seem insubstantial on their own but cumulatively threaten to undermine U.S. and regional interests.

Ilari Papa

Hamzah Bin Hussein

The Hamzah Affair: Context and Implications of Jordan’s Royal Crisis

The immediate crisis seems to have ended for now, but the stunningly public Hashemite feud is a reminder that Jordan’s stability needs tending and is not something to be taken for granted by Washington or Amman’s regional friends.

Ghaith al-Omari
Robert Satloff

Profile: Alwiyat al-Waad al-Haq

Militia Spotlight: Profiles

A facade group with unique ties to Kataib Hezbollah, Alwiyat al-Waad al-Haq has been used exclusively to claim or threaten attacks against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Crispin Smith
Hamdi Malik
Michael Knights

Yemen’s “Southern Hezbollah”: Implications of Houthi Missile and Drone Improvements

As the Iran-backed rebels make further range leaps that bring them closer to reaching Israel and other countries, the United States needs to start viewing them as a proliferation challenge beyond Yemen’s civil war.

Michael Knights

Satellite map of wider Rea Sea with country names

In-Depth Reports

The Case for a Holistic U.S. Policy Toward the Emerging Red Sea Region

Transition 2021

To promote stability and other U.S. interests, Washington must reshape its approach to this increasingly complex staging ground for global competition.

Elana DeLozier

A man walks in a graveyard in Marib, Yemen

Saving the Yemen Peace Process by Blunting the Houthi Push for Marib

Losing Marib would discredit and debilitate the multilateral peace effort, so the United States should facilitate more energetic Saudi and Emirati support to the city’s defense.

Michael Knights
Alex Almeida

The Saudi Air Defense Problem Is a U.S. Opportunity

Washington can do much to help the kingdom close its serious air defense gaps, whereas acquiring Russian S-400s would be militarily insufficient and strategically disastrous.

Patrick Schmidt

Continued Houthi Strikes Threaten Saudi Oil and the Global Economic Recovery

Saudi Arabia used what Congress might consider “offensive weapons” to successfully defend major oil terminals, but a much more devastating attack is inevitable if Houthi missile and drone attacks persist.

Michael Knights

Reshaping U.S. Force Posture in the Middle East

By adjusting carrier rotations, ISR capabilities, headquarters locations, and other key aspects of its posture, the Biden administration can contribute to regional security and self-sufficiency while still shifting toward great-power competition.

Christine McVann

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