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longwarjournal.org /1 month ago

Generation Jihad | Battle for the Strait

FDD Senior Fellow Edmund Fitton-Brown joins Bill Roggio to assess the current state of the Iran War. From the dual blockade in the Strait of Hormuz to the failed peace negotiations...

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longwarjournal.org /1 month ago

Generation Jihad | Ceasefire or Long Game

FDD Senior Fellow David Daoud and Bill Roggio examine the recent and fragile ceasefire in the ongoing Iran war. Will the fighting in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah b...

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longwarjournal.org /1 month ago

Generation Jihad | Timeline after Timeline

FDD’s Janatan Sayeh is back with Bill Roggio for an update on the Iran war, including: the potential for concrete regime change, last night’s address by President Trump, rumored US...

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longwarjournal.org /3 weeks ago

Generation Jihad | Strait Strategy

Tehran is shifting the battlefield from missiles to markets, turning the Strait of Hormuz into leverage and testing whether Washington will trade long-term strategy for short-term...

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longwarjournal.org /1 month ago

Generation Jihad | Risky Raid Behind Enemy Lines

Bill Roggio and FDD Senior Analyst Cameron McMillan unravel the complex rescue of two US airmen shot down over Iran, including the strategic coordination and risks involved with th...

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longwarjournal.org /4 days ago

Generation Jihad | POV: FPV (or: “The Anarchist Cookbook of war”)

Hezbollah's missiles may be depleted, but cheap FPV drones are changing the battlefield — slipping past defenses, targeting Israeli troops, and exposing a dangerous new vulnerabili...

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longwarjournal.org /4 weeks ago

Generation Jihad | Can Fortress Bamako Hold?

Across Mali, jihadis are seizing territory, encircling the capital, and pushing a fragile regime toward collapse. Backed by a sprawling network and in an effort years in the making...

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longwarjournal.org /3 weeks ago

Generation Jihad | Gridlock at the Strait

The world’s most vital trade artery is under siege. As the US launches "Project Freedom" to break the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, global shipping remains in a chokeho...

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longwarjournal.org /1 month ago

Analysis: How to assess America’s 40 days of war against Iran

US and Israeli forces conducted an impressive campaign that significantly degraded Iran’s primary elements of military power. The operation did not, however, destroy these capabili...

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longwarjournal.org /1 week ago

Generation Jihad | Dune: the Brotherhood jihad

Before Hamas. Before Al Qaeda. Before the Islamic State. There was… the Muslim Brotherhood. And for nearly a century, it has played the long game by building influence across the M...

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longwarjournal.org /1 month ago

Iran’s war against regional states: UAE bore the brunt, Iraqi Kurdistan still under fire

The ceasefire between the US and Iran has largely held since April 8, and large-scale Iranian barrages targeting predominantly Arab states have ended. However, some attacks, partic...

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washingtonmonthly.com /1 month ago

Ukraine’s Way of War is Coming to the Persian Gulf

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newsamericasnow.com /1 month ago

War With Iran: The Three Fronts Of Modern Warfare Explained

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longwarjournal.org /1 month ago

Generation Jihad | Iran’s Choke Point

Iran says it’s not in a rush to negotiate, but reality signals something else. Bill Roggio is joined by FDD Senior Fellow Miad Maleki — a former US Treasury sanctions architect — t...

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outsidethebeltway.com /1 month ago

Iran War at 5 Weeks

So much winning.

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justsecurity.org /1 week ago

Is the United States (Still) at War? How Wars Begin and End

Armed conflict is not a matter of political branding, rhetorical convenience, or domestic law positioning. It is a legal status that turns on objective facts. The post Is the Unite...

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conservativewoman.co.uk /2 weeks ago

The Iran War audit – Part 1

DAY 69, (Saturday May 9) counts from February 28, when Operation Epic Fury began with American and Israeli strikes on Iran. That operation ran 38 days of major combat, achieved its...

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longwarjournal.org /3 weeks ago

Generation Jihad | Iran’s nukes: Degraded but not dead

Iran’s nuclear program is in ruins, but the threat is far from dead. Deputy Director of FDD's Non-Proliferation Program Andrea Stricker and Bill Roggio dive into the desperate gamb...

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medium.com /1 month ago

The Illusion of Peace: Why 2026 is the Year of the Tactical Pause

In my opinion, we are not watching the end of a war, but the sophisticated resupply of a regional machine. The “ceasefire” in the Middle…Continue reading on Medium »

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longwarjournal.org /1 month ago

Despite ceasefire, Iran and its militias continue attacking regional states (April 2–8 updates)

Iran and its allied militias launched numerous drones and missiles against regional countries between April 2 and April 8, continuing attacks after a ceasefire between Iran and the...

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longwarjournal.org /1 month ago

Analysis: Israeli goals in Lebanon war shift from imminently disarming Hezbollah to reestablishing South Lebanon Securit...

The renewed conflict in Lebanon has settled into a static pattern, despite remaining intense. Israel has narrowed its immediate war aims, while Lebanon remains unable to restrain H...

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thefederalist.com /2 weeks ago

The Iran War Is Piling Up A List Of Surprises

We keep learning new things about the war with Iran. The new revelations haven’t added up to a clear picture yet, but they suggest the characteristics of a war that’s bigger than w...

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foreignpolicy.com /1 month ago

The Strategic Aftershocks of Trump’s Iran War

The consequences will be felt long after the fighting ends.

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independent.co.uk /1 month ago

We asked a US Army veteran and an Iran expert to dissect Trump’s war

The US-Israeli war against Iran has entered its sixth week.

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