'This Could Redraw the Map of the Middle East': How Assad's Struggles in Syria Reflect a Weakened Iran

With Hezbollah decimated, Iran significantly weakened, and Russia preoccupied with its war on Ukraine, Syrian opposition forces enjoyed ripe conditions for the surprise offensive they launched last week. Those forces are closer than ever to deposing dictator Bashar al-Assad, experts told the Washington Free Beacon, emphasizing the Iranian regime's ever-loosening grip on the Middle East.

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Israeli Cabinet Poised To Approve Lebanon Ceasefire Deal, With Biden Reportedly Promising 'Relief' From Delayed US Arms Shipments

Israel is reportedly poised to sign a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah that would pause hostilities for two months, remove fighting forces from both sides of the war-torn border, and deliver "significant relief from the arms embargo imposed by the U.S. on Israel."

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Mesopotamia Through the Millennia

In the years on either side of General Petraeus’s surge (2008) I spent many a month living in Baghdad covering culture for the Wall Street Journal’s arts section. That meant abiding not in the secure Green Zone but out among the locals—very rare for outsiders—unarmed, unembedded, and frequently exposed to the city’s turbulence in search of stories: the last art gallery in Baghdad, the Iraq Symphony Orchestra, the embattled Ballet School, historical sites, and much else. Amid the booms and zings and present dangers, one got a seeping sense of a primevally fertile landscape haunted by ancient time. History had first emerged here (as opposed to prehistory); golden ages had come and gone, each time affecting the known world, acting as its pivot.

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What Would It Take for Israelis To Return to the North? The Biden-Harris Admin’s Lebanon Ceasefire Proposal Won’t Do It, They Say.

KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel—Tens of thousands of Israelis have been waiting for more than a year for a resolution to the conflict with Hezbollah that would allow them to return to their evacuated homes in the north.

But according to many of them, a Biden-Harris administration ceasefire proposal reportedly under consideration by Israeli leaders is not it.

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Israel Launches Long-Awaited Counterstrike on Tehran Following Iranian Missile Barrage

Israel launched its long-awaited counterstrike on Iran, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed Friday evening, with the Jewish state carrying out "precise strikes on military targets in Iran." "In response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel—right now the Israel Defense Forces is conducting precise strikes on military […]

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Trump Singlehandedly Deterred The Enemies Harris Now Invites

Trump went not abroad in search of monsters to destroy, but let the monsters know that should they threaten America, he would rain MOABs down upon them.

Joe Rogan just admitted what ‘scares the s**t’ out of him



Joe Rogan might be the most popular podcaster on the planet. He might be filthy rich and have connections in all the best places. He might be a certified bada** due to his long history of practicing martial arts and his heavy involvement in the UFC.

But that doesn’t mean he’s not afraid of anything.

On a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Rogan admitted that he’s actually terrified of something.

Dave Rubin plays the clip.

“The world scares the s**t out of me right now,” Rogan told his guest, retired mixed martial artist and Olympic wrestler Dan Henderson.

Any person with the slightest inkling of what’s going on in the world surely agrees with that, but then, Rogan got more specific.

“All it takes is one person to f***ing launch a nuke, and the world changes forever,” he said, pointing to the chaos in the Middle East and the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

However, when Trump was in office, Rogan insinuated that he didn’t have the same fear.

Not only was Trump this “wheeling, dealing billionaire character that everybody enjoyed,” his regulations “certainly helped the economy.”

“I feel like we were in a lot better spot then than now, for sure,” added Henderson.

“Without a doubt,” Rogan agreed.

“That's just one of the many examples where [Rogan] basically is like, ‘Trump would be better about that stuff,'” says Dave, adding that Rogan is indirectly pointing out that “we had peace in the Middle East under Donald Trump” largely because “he scared Iran a little bit and dropped the mother of all bombs.”

But under the Biden regime, “Iran has been at it, the Middle East is hot, [and] Russia went into Ukraine.”

To see the footage of Rogan and hear more of Dave’s commentary, watch the clip above.

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Your Tax Dollars Are Funding Terrorist Apologists At Ivy League Universities

Millions in grants to universities to turn out foreign policy professionals end up funding groups who oppose Israel.

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Sen Rails Against Biden-Harris Admin For ‘Catastrophic’ Middle East Policy One Year After Oct. 7

'You have succeeded in none of the five objectives you set out for'

Pro-Hamas Marches Sweep American Cities Leading Up To Anniversary Of Oct. 7 Massacre In Israel

Terrorist sympathizers marched across major American cities this weekend leading up to the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre.