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The “Alliance of Humanity” in Cognitive Warfare
How Turkey’s campaign against Israel uses a model of cognitive warfare described in Ukraine’s foreign ministry communication strategy.
“I Am Not Inclined”: War, Elections and Markets
How postponing a strike on Iran, endorsing Netanyahu and oil-market swings intersect with elections in Israel and the United States.
Qatar Named, Turkey Spared
How Two U.S. Ambassadors Shield Israel’s Chief Adversary in the Information War Turkey is waging a sustained, state-run information campaign against Israel, and the two U.S. ambassadors on either side of the conflict are shielding it. On Se…
The Third Case: Kabul, Damascus, Mokha
Why Salaried Armies Keep Losing to Mobilizational Islam When Houthi forces entered Mokha on September 10, they took more than a port on Yemen’s Red Sea coast. They broke through a military zone that Gulf governments had spent years and bill…
Yemen: Syrian jihadists call the war on the Houthis a stage on the road to Jerusalem
The fighting in Yemen since September 3, 2026, runs along a sectarian line. The Houthis, Zaydi Shias backed by Iran, opened an assault west of Taiz and south of Hodeidah after the 2022 ceasefire collapsed in July, and they face the internat…
The Mecca pact: Damascus acquires an instrument it did not hold on August 17
«These are three important countries in the region. We are reviewing our options, but for now, we have not made any decision about joining it,» Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani told journalists in Islamabad on August 20. He …
Abu al-Duhur: Israel declared a rule, and no one can ratify it
«Don’t be fooled,» a senior Israeli security source told Al-Monitor on August 21. «Turkey intended to place radar systems and attack drones at the Syrian air force base under Syrian cover. The information is very solid. The Turks know that …
Economic D-Day: The Bill Goes to the Allies, Not to Tehran
«Their navy is gone, their air force is destroyed, their military factories are now rubble, their currency is worthless and their country is hanging by a thread,» Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday evening, August 19. Two hundr…
Strait of Hormuz: The Oil Moves in Convoys, and Only Washington Counts It
For several weeks the US military has been running 15 to 20 tankers a night through the southern channel of the Strait of Hormuz, hugging the coast of Oman. About 10 million barrels of oil a day reach world markets through that corridor, ro…
The Security Council: Who Needs a Decision, and Who Needs Only Its Absence
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told the Security Council on August 19 that the body had become «very good at holding meetings but very bad at making a difference.» Instead of spending its time on Iran, Hamas, Hezbol…
Strait of Hormuz: the reopening is for sale, not the passage
Five commodity vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. None crossed on Sunday. The weekend before, the same two days carried thirty-one. Reuters published the figures from the ship-tracking firm Kpler on Monday, August 17. Before …
The Mecca Pact Instead of the Abraham Accords
On August 16 Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, his own social platform, that he was happy Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan had signed the Mecca Pact, formally the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, which shows «how Countries will finally be …