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The Afghanistan-based Khorasan Province of the Islamic State (source: Wikimedia Commons)

The Taliban and the global jihad

August 26, 2021 | Oved Lobel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his intelligence chief Hakan Fidan meet with Hamas leadership, including US Specially Designated Global Terrorist Saleh al-Arouri, in Turkey, August 2020 (credit: Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)

Turkish conference underlines growing role of Ankara as key driver of global Islamist extremism

August 3, 2021 | Oved Lobel

Brutal new Iranian President raises major policy questions

July 6, 2021 | Oved Lobel

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Iranian online Jew-hatred likely fed international wave of antisemitism

June 19, 2021 | Oved Lobel

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Iran’s role in the latest Gaza conflict

June 18, 2021 | Oved Lobel

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Reframing Gaza: Iran’s multi-front war against Israel

June 4, 2021 | Oved Lobel

Australian soldiers (L-R) Corporal Amanda Wright, Corporal Cindy Veenman and Captain Karin Cann at Multinational Base Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, 2010 (credit: SGT Mick Davis)

Afghanistan withdrawal will increase terror threat to Australia

May 14, 2021 | Oved Lobel

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Greek-Israel defence deal is latest evidence of the blossoming Eastmed alliance

April 30, 2021 | Oved Lobel

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Russia is astutely playing the players in Yemen

April 29, 2021 | Oved Lobel

The Houthis have not merely been armed by Iran, but were effectively founded from Teheran (Screenshot: Twitter)

Essay: Allies of Convenience or Birds of a Feather?

April 28, 2021 | Oved Lobel

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Israel’s Powerful Connections: The strategic logic behind plans for the world’s longest undersea cable

March 30, 2021 | Oved Lobel

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Becoming Ansar Allah: How the Islamic Revolution Conquered Yemen

March 30, 2021 | Oved Lobel