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2 days ago — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) uncovered a Hezbollah training site near a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) base, the IDF said on November 8. The IDF also carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah terrorists in Baalbek in eastern Lebanon. Hezbollah fired around 400 rockets at Israel between November 5 and November 8, including long ...
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About Mission. FDD’s Long War Journal provides accurate reporting and analysis of ongoing efforts to address jihadism, conflicts between state and non-state actors, and warfare between states.This is accomplished through original reporting, including by embedded reporters, news aggregation, maps, podcasts, and other formats.
Israel expands humanitarian area in Gaza, intercepts weapons …
1 day ago — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued operations against terrorists in Jabaliya and Beit Lahia in northern Gaza while facilitating humanitarian aid entering Beit Hanoun and Jabaliya. A total of 713 humanitarian aid trucks have entered Gaza's north since the beginning of October. However, Israeli forces found ammunition during an inspection of a truck that was part of a convoy moving into ...
Analysis: The road to the Third Lebanon War
Oct 15, 2024 — See FDD’s interactive map: “Road to the Third Lebanon War: Mapping Hezbollah’s War of Attrition Since October 8, 2023.” The conflict that Hezbollah initiated against Israel on October 8, 2023, is now one year old. The group vowed to maintain this “support front” for its allies in the Gaza Strip to bleed Israeli morale and treasure through attrition until a premature ceasefire would ...
About The Long War Journal
The Long War Journal is dedicated to providing original and accurate reporting and analysis of the Long War (also known as the Global War on Terror). This is accomplished through its programs of embedded reporters, news and news aggregation, maps, podcasts, and other multimedia formats. The Long War Journal is published by Public Multimedia Inc ...
IDF strikes Hezbollah in Beirut as the group increases rocket and …
19 hours ago — On November 12, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Israeli Air Force has “dismantled a majority of Hezbollah’s weapons storage and missile manufacturing facilities located under the Dahieh district” of Beirut. In southern Lebanon, the IDF found an underground compound and dismantled it by pouring concrete into its bunkers and tunnels. Hezbollah launched around 200 projectiles and ...
ukraine Archives - FDD's Long War Journal
Aug 9, 2024 — Analysis: Ukraine’s bold—and risky—gamble in Kursk. John Hardie | August 9, 2024. Ukraine’s surprise offensive in the Kursk region is a daring gambit likely intended to divert Russian forces and shift the war’s momentum. But it also comes with major risks for Ukraine, which is short on reserves and struggling to hold its lines in ...
Analysis: Despite significant losses in Gaza, Hamas has yet to …
Jan 2, 2024 — Since the beginning of the Oct. 7 war against Hamas and its allies in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have not slowed down their efforts to destroy the groups.
One year after U.S. withdrawal, resistance to Taliban rule grows
Aug 29, 2022 — Starting immediately after the U.S. left on Aug. 30, 2021, the Taliban sought to crush all remaining resistance to dominance over the country. By Sept. 6, the Taliban drove the remnants of the Afghan military and Panjshiri tribal militias underground or out of the country. But since the early spring in 2022, organized resistance to the Taliban ...
Ep. 58 — The Year in Review - FDD's Long War Journal
Jan 7, 2022 — Ep. 58 — The Year in Review. Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss 5 key stories from 2021 and what they mean for jihadism going forward. Mentioned in the episode. Tom’s article in The Dispatch: “The U.S. Must Better …