Long War Journal

@LongWarJournal

FDD's Long War Journal is a Project of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (@FDD). Edited by @billroggio, @caleb_weiss7 & @joetruzman

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 23

New head of anti-Islamic State mission in Iraq and Syria takes command longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. The anti-Islamic State coalition of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve received its new commander at a ceremony in Iraq on July 21, 2025. Brigadier General Kevin Lambert took over...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 23

Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: July 14–20, 2025 longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. Israel continued operations in Lebanon between July 14 and July 20, 2025. These activities included strikes on Radwan Force training camps and targeted killings of Hezbollah operatives.

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 22

Egypt cracks down on Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated HASM terror organization amid resurgence longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. Egyptian security forces killed two suspected members of Harakat Sawaid Misr (HASM) in a shootout in Giza on July 20. The raid follows a new HASM propaganda video threatening fresh attacks, along...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 21

IDF gears up for expanded operation in Gaza’s Deir al Balah longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) expanded operations into part of the Gaza town of Deir al Balah, according to reports on July 21. In other sectors of the territory, the Israeli military continued to...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 19

Iran and its militias brace for another conflict with Israel longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. Tehran’s leaders anticipate another war with Israel and have instructed their proxies to remain on high alert for a potential attack wave. Jerusalem has not ruled out the possibility of a new...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 18

Clashes intensify between Arab Bedouin tribes and Druze militias in Suwayda, Syria longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. Clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Arab tribes have continued and grown after Syrian Army forces withdrew from the predominantly Druze governorate of Suwayda on July 16.

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 18

US lists Pakistan-supported Resistance Front as Foreign Terrorist Organization longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. The US State Department added the Resistance Front to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The Resistance Front, a cover organization of the Pakistan-supported and Al Qaeda-allied Lashkar-e...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 18

US, UK condemn drone attacks targeting energy sites in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. The US and UK Embassies in Baghdad have issued statements regarding recent drone attacks targeting the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. “The United States condemns the recent drone attacks throughout Iraq,...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 17

Mysterious wave of explosions, sudden IRGC death disrupt post-ceasefire calm in Iran longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. Israel and Iran indirectly agreed to a ceasefire on June 24, yet a wave of explosions and the mysterious death of an IRGC general over the past week have disturbed the relative calm in Iran. The...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 16

Hamas-affiliated ‘agitators’ foment violence at aid site, 20 Palestinians dead: GHF longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said that Hamas affiliates are behind a deadly crowd crush at an aid distribution site in Khan Younis on July 16. Twenty Palestinians died in the incident,...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 16

Israel intensifies airstrikes on Syria to deter attacks on Druze longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. Israel has increased attacks on government sites in Damascus and carried out airstrikes against Syrian forces to deter attacks against the Druze minority in southern Syria. The Israel Defense Forces...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 16

Shabaab seizes two towns in central Somalia longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. Shabaab has reasserted its dominance in the Hiiran region in central Somalia. The Al Qaeda branch’s takeover of the towns of Moqokori and Tardo effectively completes the rollback of the government's...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 15

Clashes intensify between Druze militias, Bedouin tribes, and government forces in southern Syria longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. Syrian Armed Forces entered the Druze-majority governorate of Suwayda for the first time on July 15, prompting severe clashes with Druze militias that have long resisted state control.

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 14

Iran threatens Europe as France, Germany, and UK weigh snapback options longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. As France, Germany, and the UK weigh triggering snapback sanctions, Tehran has escalated its threats against Europe both rhetorically and operationally. Mohammad Javad Larijani, a senior advisor to...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 14

Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: July 7–13, 2025 longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. Israel continued military operations in Lebanon between July 7 and July 13, 2025. These activities included targeted killings of terrorist personnel, including a smuggler for Iran’s Islamic Revolut...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 12

Kurdish government blames Iranian-backed PMF for drone attacks targeting Iraqi Kurdistan longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. On July 5, northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government blamed the Iraqi federal government’s Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) for drone attacks impacting Iraqi Kurdistan....

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 10

Taliban denounces International Criminal Court warrant for emir, chief justice longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. After the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Taliban Emir Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for human rights abuses, the Taliban rejected the...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 10

Terrorists attempt to abduct IDF soldier in Gaza longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. For the first time in the war, the Israeli military acknowledged that Hamas attempted to abduct an Israeli soldier. The incident follows Hamas speculating that “additional prisoners will fall into...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 9

5 IDF soldiers killed in northern Gaza ambush longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. Five IDF soldiers were killed and 12 were wounded in an ambush in Gaza on July 7. The soldiers were part of two units operating in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, attempting to clear this area near the...

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Long War Journal@LongWarJournal · Jul 9

Analysis: Turkey still wants to join BRICS while pretending to be a NATO ally longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

LongWarJournal's tweet card. Turkey's attempt to join BRICS, a bloc that seeks to undermine the foundations of the Western world order, is only one of many transgressions against the interests of its ostensible allies in NATO,...

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