Why the U.S. Airstrike on Iranian Forces in Syria Matters

US forces carried out airstrikes in Syria on Tuesday, targeting groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The airstrikes took place in the Euphrates River Valley, in the administrative region of Deir ez-Zor.

Time is Running Out to Act Against Iran

Once the new nuclear deal is signed, Jerusalem’s legitimacy to act militarily against the Islamic Republic will disintegrate, says former Israeli Navy commander Eliezer Marom.

Why the Death Edict on Salman Rushdie?

The stabbing of Salman Rushdie raises the question: Why did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sentence Salman Rushdie to death in 1989 for his novel The Satanic Verses?