The Iranian flag features three horizontal bands: green (top), white (middle), and red (bottom). Green symbolizes growth and unity, white represents peace and honesty, and red signifies bravery and martyrdom. Centered on the white band is Iran’s national emblem, a stylized composite of Islamic elements. The phrase “Allahu Akbar” repeats 22 times in Kufic script...
The Justice Department is preparing to file criminal charges in an alleged Iranian hack that targeted former President Trump’s campaign, according to media reports. The Associated Press reported it wasn’t immediately clear who would be charged, but that it would be the result of an investigation into intrusion and multiple agencies linked to an Iranian...
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) special forces raided an Iranian weapons facility in Syria shortly before a series of strikes in the region, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens of others, according to reports. Initial reports did not indicate that any Israeli troops had been on the ground during the operation, but The Times...
The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. by al Qaeda jihadists changed the future of security for not only Washington, but for nations on every inhabited continent worldwide — sparking the Global War on Terror that continues to this day. More than 20 years have passed since 19 hijackers boarded four commercial flights...
Last December, FBI Director WraytoldCongress he’d never in his career seen so many threats against the United States as he did then. There were “blinking lights everywhere,” he said, a reference to a chapter in the9/11 Commission Report’s titled “The System Was Blinking Red.” Nine months later, as we mark the 23rd anniversaryofthe horrificterrorist strike...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday confirmed that Iran has supplied Russia with short-range ballistic missiles and “will likely use them within weeks in Ukraine.” “The supply of Iranian missiles enables Russia to use more of its arsenal for targets that are further from the front line, while dedicating new missiles it’s receiving...
The Pentagon says Iran’s supplying of short-range ballistic missiles to Russia is a “deeply concerning development” that threatens European security and shows how Iran’s destabilization efforts are reaching beyond the Middle East. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Tuesday that the missiles were transferred between the two countries, adding that Russia “will likely use...
Despite Israel’s nearly one-year-long war with Hamas in Gaza after the Oct. 7 attacks, security experts continue to sound the alarm that Jerusalem’s greatest threat actually lies to the north in Lebanon, where Hezbollah has developed a sophisticated tunnel system. Hezbollah, an Islamic terrorist organization that has long had the backing of Iran, has over...
Iran on Monday continued its threat of a “nightmare” attack on Israel following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyehin late July, as international concerns remain high over Tehran’s nuclear development program which has run unchecked for more than three years. Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami said “the nightmare of Iran’s...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted what he called Iran’s “axis of evil” in remarks Sunday after a terrorist attack at the West Bank-Jordan border crossing killed three Israelis. “It’s a hard day. A despicable terrorist murdered three of our citizens in cold blood at the Allenby Bridge. On behalf of the government, I send...
