Andie Parry

Iran Update, April 28, 2024

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi approved operational plans “for the continuation of the war” during a visit to IDF Southern Command on Ap...

Iran Update, April 24, 2024

Iran Update, April 23, 2024

Hamas military spokesperson Abu Obeida called on April 23 for the anti-Israel protest movement in Jordan to escalate.[i] Abu Obeida calle...

Iran Update, April 22, 2024

Iran Update, April 21, 2024

The IDF concluded a major, multi-day “counterterrorism operation” in the Nour Shams Refugee Camp, Tulkarm, on April 21. Israeli forces en...

Iran Update, April 17, 2024

Iran Update, April 14, 2024

Iran Update, April 10, 2024

Bloomberg reported on April 10 that Iran or its proxies may conduct missile or drone strikes targeting military and government facilities...

Iran Update, April 9, 2024

IRGC Navy Commander Rear Adm. Ali Reza Tangsiri implicitly threatened the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during an interview with Lebanese He...

Iran Update, April 8, 2024

Iran Update, April 7, 2024

Iran Update, April 4, 2024

Iran Update, April 2, 2024

A prominent Iranian-backed Iraqi militia threatened to create and arm a new Iranian proxy in Jordan, which may reflect a greater, more co...

Iran Update, April 1, 2024

Iran Update, March 30, 2024

Northern Gaza Strip: The IDF Air Force struck Palestinian fighters and militia infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip. Southern Gaza ...

Iran Update, March 29, 2024

Iranian Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS) Chief Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri met with Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh in Teh...

Iran Update, March 24, 2024

Iran Update, March 21, 2024

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and other Palestinian militias cooperating against Israel have likely established at least one cell in Je...

Iran Update, March 20, 2024

Iran Update, March 19, 2024

Iran Update, March 17, 2024

Iran Update, March 13, 2024

Iran Update, March 11, 2024

Iran Update, March 10, 2024

Iran Update, March 7, 2024

Iran Update, March 5, 2024

Iranian hardline factions are expected to retain their majority in parliament.[1] The majority of Tehran province’s 14 confirmed candidat...

Iran Update, March 4, 2024

Iran Update, March 3, 2024

Iran Update, February 29, 2024

Iran Update, February 28, 2024

Iran Update, February 27, 2024

Two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-affiliated sources told the New York Times that Iranian-backed Iraqi militias “fierc...

Iran Update, February 26, 2024

The Israel Defense Forces announced that its 162nd Division uncovered a Hamas tunnel network connecting the Central Gaza Governorate to t...

Iran Update, February 25, 2024

Iran Update, February 21, 2024

Iran Update, February 20, 2024

Russia may be setting conditions to supplant the United States as a security partner in Iraq in anticipation of the United States possibl...

Iran Update, February 19, 2024

Iran Update, February 18, 2024

Iran Update, February 14, 2024

Iran Update, February 13, 2024

Iran Update, February 11, 2024

Iran Update, February 5, 2024

Iran Update, February 4, 2024

Iran Update, February 1, 2024

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued to operate in the northern Gaza Strip. The commander of the IDF Southern Command met with divis...

Iran Update, January 30, 2024

Iran Update, January 29, 2024

Iran Update, January 27, 2024

Iran Update, January 25, 2024

The United States and the Iraqi federal government will soon begin negotiations on Iraq's current security arrangement with US-led coalit...

Iran Update, January 23, 2024

Iran Update, January 21, 2024

Iran Update, January 18, 2024

Iran Update, January 15, 2024

Iran Update, January 14, 2024

Iran Update, January 12, 2024

Iran Update, January 11, 2024

Palestinian militias claimed several attacks in the northern Gaza Strip on January 11. The military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PI...

Iran Update, January 10, 2024

Iran Update, January 9, 2024

Iran Update, January 6, 2024

Iran Update, January 5, 2024

Iran Update, January 4, 2024

Iran Update, December 30, 2023

Iran Update, December 29, 2023

Iran Update, December 27, 2023

Iran Update, December 26, 2023

Iran Update, December 20, 2023

Israeli forces are transitioning from clearing operations to holding operations in some areas of the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces ...

Iran Update, December 19, 2023

Iran Update, December 18, 2023

Iran Update, December 16, 2023

The Israel Defense Forces concluded its probe into the accidental killing of three hostages by an IDF unit in Shujaiya.

Iran Update, December 13, 2023

Iran Update, December 11, 2023

Iran Update, December 10, 2023

Iran Update, December 8, 2023

Iran Update, December 7, 2023

Iran Update, December 6, 2023

Iran Update, December 5, 2023

Palestinian militia fighters continued to use more sophisticated tactics to target Israeli forces throughout the Gaza Strip on December 5...

Iran Update, December 3, 2023

Iran Update, December 1, 2023

Iran Update, November 30, 2023

CTP and ISW have refocused the update to cover the Israel-Hamas war.

Iran Update, November 28, 2023

Israel and Hamas both reported at least one violation of the temporary truce agreement in the Gaza Strip, but neither side escalated the ...

Iran Update, November 27, 2023

Iran Update, November 25, 2023

Hamas released a second round of hostages after Hamas accused Israel of violating the humanitarian pause agreement and threatened to dela...

Iran Update, November 24, 2023

Iran Update, November 22, 2023

Iran Update, November 19, 2023

CTP and ISW have refocused the update to cover the Israel-Hamas war.

Iran Update, November 20, 2023

Iran Update, November 17, 2023

Iran Update, November 16, 2023

Iran Update, November 15, 2023

Iran Update, November 5, 2023

Iran Update, November 4, 2023

Captured Hamas plans suggest that Hamas has not heavily committed to defending parts of the northern outskirts of Gaza City, which may in...

Iran Update, November 3, 2023

Iran Update, November 1, 2023

Lebanese Hezbollah-affiliated al Mayadeen reported that an Israeli armored unit advanced from the northwestern Gaza Strip south along the...

Iran Update, October 30, 2023

The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US ...

Iran Update, October 28, 2023

Palestinian militias continued attacks at their usual rate from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

Iran Update, October 27, 2023

Iran Update, October 25, 2023

Iran and its so-called “Axis of Resistance” are pursuing a coordinated strategy to (1) deter Israel from trying to destroy Hamas in the G...

Iran Update, October 24, 2023

Iran Update, October 22, 2023

Iran Update, October 21, 2023

Palestinian militias continued indirect fire at their usual rate into Israel.

Iran Update, October 19, 2023

CTP and ISW have refocused the update to cover the Israel-Hamas war.

Iran Update, October 18, 2023

Iran Update, October 16, 2023

Palestinian militias continued drone and indirect fire attacks into Israel, primarily southern Israel, on October 15. The rate of small a...

Iran Update, October 15, 2023

CTP and ISW have refocused the update to cover the Israel-Hamas war.

Iran Update, October 12, 2023

Iran Update, October 11, 2023

Iran Update, October 4, 2023

IRGC personnel backfilled a formerly Wagner-held position in Sukhnah in central Syria on September 28, supporting Iranian efforts to esta...

Iran Update, September 27, 2023

Iran Update, September 25, 2023

Iran Update, September 20, 2023

Wagner is vacating its positions in Syria to comply with a Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) ultimatum. Iran may assume control of some o...

Iran Update, September 15, 2023

Iran Update, September 13, 2023

Iran Update, September 8, 2023

Iran Update, September 7, 2023

Iran Update, September 6, 2023

Russia directed local tribes to attack the US-led International Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria likely part...

Iran Update, August 31, 2023

Iran Update, August 30, 2023

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian met with several Syrian officials in Damascus on August 30 to discuss economic cooperat...

Iran Update, August 29, 2023

Iran Update, August 24, 2023

Iran Update, August 23, 2023

At least 16 anti-regime protests occurred in the southern Syrian provinces of Suwayda and Daraa on August 23.

Iran Update, August 22, 2023

Iran Update, August 21, 2023

Anti-regime protests in southern Syria have continued to expand, despite the beginning of the work week.

Iran Update, August 18, 2023

Iran Update, August 17, 2023

Syrians demonstrated against worsening economic conditions and the Syrian regime’s mismanagement of the economy across the country. Iran...

Iran Update, August 15, 2023

Iran and the Syrian regime shifted their state-run information operation from the false claim that US forces will imminently attack Syria...

Iran Update, August 11, 2023

Iran Update, August 10, 2023

Syrian President Bashar al Assad downplayed the importance of relations with the Arab states while stressing relations with Iran and Russ...

Iran Update, August 9, 2023

Iran Update, August 8, 2023

Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah continued to circulate false claims that the US-led International Coalition is preparing to attack Syrian reg...

Iran Update, August 1, 2023

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet announced it thwarted the smuggling of “anomalous” weapons from northern Jordan into Israel duri...

Iran Update, July 26, 2023

Iran Update, July 21, 2023

Iran Update, July 20, 2023

Iran Update, July 18, 2023

Russia accused the United States of preparing false flag chemical weapons attacks Syria, possibly supporting the joint Russian-Syrian-Ira...

Iran Update, July 17, 2023

Iran Update, July 13, 2023

Iran Update, July 10, 2023

Iranian-backed militias and Syrian regime forces deployed to Deir ez Zor in response to rumors of an imminent International Coalition att...

Iran Update, July 6, 2023

Iran bolstered Lebanese Hezbollah’s (LH’s) air defense capabilities likely to establish a deterrent in Lebanon against Israel. Palestini...

Iran Update, July 5, 2023

Iran Update, June 30, 2023 

Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, June 28, 2023

Salafi-Jihadi Movement Update Special Edition: ISIS Expands Support and Attack Zones Along the Euphrates River

Iran Update, June 27, 2023

Iranian-backed militants are building new military sites south of Damascus City likely as part of the Iranian effort to secure transporta...

Iran Update, June 23, 2023

Iran Update, June 22, 2023

Iran Update, June 21, 2023

1. The Syrian regime is leveraging regional normalization with Arab states to fund the reconstruction of Syria’s railways, which could bl...

Iran Update, June 16, 2023

1). Iran may have directed its Iraqi proxies to deescalate their rhetoric against US forces in Iraq. This is consistent with one of CTP’s...

Iran Update, June 14, 2023

CTP has observed several developments that indicate the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) is expanding its military capabilities an...

Iran Update, June 9, 2023

Iran Update, June 8, 2023

An IRGC Quds Force-affiliated recruitment center in Deir ez Zor City is recruiting Syrians for counter-US operations in Syrian Democratic...

Iran Update, June 7, 2023

Iranian and Russian military officials met to discuss expelling the United States from Syria, which may indicate Russia’s intent to help ...

Iran Update, June 6, 2023

Iranian leaders are preparing to resume their campaign to expel US forces from the Middle East by attacking and killing US service member...

Iran Update, June 2, 2023

Key Takeaways 1). Iran is training its militias in Syria to use a range of improvised and advanced weapons to attack US personnel in S...

Iran Update, May 31, 2023

Iran has bolstered its defensive position in eastern Syria since the end of the escalation cycle that occurred in March, likely to facili...

Iran Update, May 25, 2023

Axis of Resistance news sources coordinated a disinformation campaign that claimed the United States will establish a new base in Iraq, l...

Iran Update, May 24, 2023

Iran Update, May 18, 2023

Iran Update, May 16, 2023

Iran Update, May 15, 2023

Iranian leaders are stoking conflict between Israel and Palestinian militias, likely to enable the IRGC to transfer military equipment in...

Iran Update, April 20, 2023

The IRGC is conducting a media campaign against former President Hassan Rouhani likely to alienate him further from the political establi...

Iran Update, April 12, 2023