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Nicholas Tsagourias
| May 12, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, State Responsibility, Use of Force
Can Israel Target Iran in Response to Houthi Attacks? Exploring the Threshold of “Substantial Involvement” Following the Houthi missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday, May 4, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate not only against...
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Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
| Apr 21, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Policy, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism, Use of Force
Cross-Border Drone Strikes Against Mexican Drug Cartels In April 2025, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Colby Jenkins testified that U.S. forces did not have legal authority to conduct cross-border drone strikes against drug cartels in Mexico even...
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Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
| Mar 24, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Targeting
Targeting Iranian Spy Ships On March 17, 2025, Al-Hadath, a Saudi news outlet, reported that U.S. forces in the Middle East had targeted and sunk Iran’s newest signals intelligence (SIGINT) ship, the IRINS Zagros (H313), while the spy ship was on station in the Red...
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Nicholas Tsagourias
| Jan 14, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism, Use of Force
Israel’s Actions in Syria and the Outer Limits of Self-Defence Following the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria, Israel carried out a series of airstrikes across Syria targeting military facilities, weapons and ammunition depots, defence systems, and Syrian naval...
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Ori Pomson
| Dec 4, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Use of Force
Iran and Israel: The Light Treatment of Jus ad Bellum In the early hours of October 26, 2024, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) launched a large-scale attack against Iran. According to the IDF, these were “precise and targeted strikes against military targets in a...
