Iraq

August 2, 2024

Weekend long read

1) At WINEP, Matthew Levitt analyses ‘The Death of a Hezbollah Lifer’. “Born in 1961 or 1962, ...

February 9, 2024

Weekend long read

1) Ynet reports on ‘the IDF’s campaign inside Hamas tunnels’. “John Spencer, head of the...

January 22, 2024

BBC backgrounder on ‘a week of missile strikes’ erases attacks on Israel

Early on January 21st the BBC News website published a backgrounder by Raffi Berg titled ‘Understa...

June 5, 2023

The Times legitimises Avi Shlaim’s Farhud victim-blaming

A Times review, written by historian Max Hastings, of a book by Avi Shlaim (“I was the wrong k...

April 14, 2023

Weekend long read

1) At the FDD’s Long War Journal, Joe Truzman looks at how ‘Iran Leverages Armed Groups Against ...

November 18, 2022

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS, Orna Mizrahi discusses ‘The Governmental Vacuum in Lebanon’. “Michel Aoun ende...

March 15, 2022

BBC News gives uncritical amplification to Iranian regime claims

On March 13th a report relating to missile attacks on the Iraqi city of Irbil [Erbil] the previous n...

January 28, 2022

Weekend long read

1) At the JCPA, Alan Baker discusses the UN Human Rights Council’s latest ‘inquiry’. “As is ...

December 17, 2021

Weekend long read

1) At WINEP, Ido Levy looks at ‘Egypt’s Counterinsurgency Success in Sinai’. “Wilayat Sinai ...

October 8, 2021

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS Raz Zimmt discusses ‘Warnings in Iran of an “Emigration Tsunami”’. â€...