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These Maps Show How the Middle East Conflict Is Spiraling
In the past year the fighting has sprawled from Israel and Gaza to draw in militaries and militias from across the region.
11/04/24Read it on The Wall Street JournalAnatomy of a Peace Deal
Most of us picture a peace deal as the final scene: a table, two delegations, a signature, a handshake. That scene does happen....
5h agoRead it on Christopher TownsendWhat I Learned From Interrogating Saddam Hussein
If someone had told me when I started working at CIA in February 1998 that one day I would be sitting in a darkened cell interrogating Saddam...
2d agoRead it on The HillHouthis Show Military Reach With Deadly Missile Strikes on Riyadh
Yemen's Iran-backed militants demonstrate that they are not just 'guys in flip-flops'
1w agoRead it on Financial TimesSaudi-Backed Forces Launch Fight to Free Bab Al-Mandeb From Houthis
Ground operation is aimed at taking back the strategic port of Mokha, which the Iran-backed rebels have used to disrupt oil-tanker traffic
1w agoRead it on The Wall Street Journal
Third Aircraft Carrier and Thousands of Troops Head to Mideast
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is dispatching roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Thursday. The bolstering of the American military presence comes as President Donald Trump warned anew that new strikes against Iran could be on the horizon.
The troop movement, which includes a third aircraft carrier, underscores the rapidly evolving dynamic of Trump’s war against Iran as he ponders his next move, with midterm elections in the United States looming large and new signs that the nature of the conflict may be becoming more complex.
The U.S. Military Exits Iraq, Leaving Behind a Nation in Peril
An Iraqi demand that tens of thousands of militants turn in their weapons falls short in a conflict fed by America's war with Iran
2w agoRead it on The Wall Street JournalThe Israeli Card
Amid the demise of the American order in the Middle East, expect China to play the Israeli card.
3w agoRead it on RealClearDefense
Fighting in Yemen Intensifies as Attacks on Saudi Arabia Continue
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government.
The Yemeni government vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea coast and one official conceded a “painful” defeat last week when Houthis captured the port city of Mokha and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.
The Unfinished Reform
By Mark W. Castillon • RealClearDefense
Winning the Data Advantage
By Turin Pollard • RealClearDefense
The Pentagon’s Quantum Race Needs a Warfighter’s Scorecard
By Burak Oktenli • RealClearDefense
The F/A-XX and the AIM-260 Reclaim the Perimeter
By Bruce Allen Lubbering • RealClearDefense
Iranian Cyber Operations
By Michael Groen • RealClearDefense
Winning the Data Advantage
By Turin Pollard • RealClearDefenseThe F/A-XX and the AIM-260 Reclaim the Perimeter
By Bruce Allen Lubbering • RealClearDefenseWinning the Data Advantage
By Turin Pollard, RealClearDefenseThe F/A-XX and the AIM-260 Reclaim the Perimeter
By Bruce Allen Lubbering, RCD
F-22 Pilot Directs CCA in Flight as ‘Airborne QB’
By Stephen Losey, Air & Space Forces