9+ hour, 42+ min ago  (189+ words) Hamas member Muhammad Saleh al Bardawil founded Al Khair Challenge, a Gaza-based charity that remains active and continues to solicit donations, FDD's Long War Journal has found. The US Treasury Department has previously sanctioned Hamas for exploiting charities and nongovernmental…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago  (198+ words) Foro Penal's vice president, attorney Gonzalo Himiob, claimed on April 5 that releases of political prisoners under the recent amnesty law had declined precipitously for two weeks. "If the more than 500 political prisoners still detained, including 187 military personnel, are not fully…...

14+ hour, 14+ min ago  (568+ words) Long War Journal The Coordination Framework (CF), a coalition of Iraqi Shiite parties that is the largest bloc in the country's parliament, announced on April 27 that it is nominating Ali al Zaidi for prime minister. Iraqi President Nizar Amidi officially…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (395+ words) In Mali's north, both JNIM and the FLA jointly targeted the cities of Kidal and Gao, with the former city being quickly overrun and captured. Some sporadic clashes in Kidal were still reported on Sunday, with some Malian troops still…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (325+ words) An organization affiliated with Russia's main producer of Shahed-type drones has launched a recruitment drive for a new unmanned systems brigade, promising young men the chance to earn risk-free cash while avoiding mandatory conscription. This campaign is part of Moscow's…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (125+ words) Ongoing UN efforts in Yemen On April 19-20, United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen Hans Grundberg hosted meetings in Amman, Jordan, with representatives from the Houthis and from Riyadh under the Military Coordination Committee (MCC). The MCC includes representatives…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (385+ words) After Donald Trump announced an extension of the US ceasefire with Iran on April 21, Tehran refused to take an official position on the state of the ceasefire, denied it had agreed to any extension, and signaled it would not reenter…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (362+ words) Hamas's offer does not meet the full disarmament requirements proposed by the Board of Peace's chief diplomat and High Representative, Nickolay Mladenov, who presented the terrorist organization with an eight-month phased plan for the relinquishment of all weapons in recent…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (820+ words) Iraq faces mounting political pressure as Shiite parties in the Coordination Framework (CF) seek to select a new prime minister amid tensions between the US and Iran. On the evening of April 20, the CF delayed its decision to nominate a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (160+ words) Treasury described the groups as "some of Iraq's most violent Iran-aligned militia organizations," adding that the "militias operate with near impunity, attacking U. S. personnel and innocent civilians across Iraq, siphoning Iraq's wealth to finance their terrorist activities, and undermining Iraq's sovereignty…...