Bill Roggio

3 days ago | fdd.org | Reagan Easter |Bridget Toomey |Joe Truzman |Bill Roggio

As Israel and Iran exchanged final volleys of fire in the early hours of June 24 after US President Donald Trump brokered a still-uncertain ceasefire, unknown actors, strongly thought to be Iran-backed Shiite militias, launched attacks on US and Iraqi bases throughout Iraq. Sabah al Numan, the military spokesman for Iraq’s prime minister, acknowledged the attacks in a statement released on the prime minister’s official X account.

3 days ago | longwarjournal.org | Thomas Joscelyn |Bill Roggio

Bill Roggio and Thomas Joscelyn unpack one of the most chaotic weekends in the post-9/11 war on terror: U.S. forces’ strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, Tehran’s retaliation on CENTCOM’s forward base in Qatar, and Trump’s sudden ceasefire declaration. Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal. Thomas Joscelyn is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Senior Editor for FDD's Long War Journal.

4 days ago | longwarjournal.org | Bradley Bowman |Bill Roggio

By Bradley Bowman & Bill Roggio | June 23, 2025 | In an historic move following defanging efforts by the Israelis, the U.S. dropped multiple massive ordinance penetrators (“MOPs”) on three nuclear facilities inside Iran this weekend. Tehran has just retaliated with strikes on the U.S. base in Qatar. Bill Roggio and Brad Bowman discuss.

4 days ago | fdd.org | Krystal Bermudez |Bill Roggio |Joe Truzman

Tehran launched missiles toward a US air base in Qatar in response to US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites last weekend.

4 days ago | longwarjournal.org | Bill Roggio |Joe Truzman |Janatan Sayeh |Bridget Toomey

Iran launches missile attack on US base in Qatar | Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked US forces at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in response to the June 21 US airstrikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities. Analysis: How might Iran retaliate against the US? | Following US strikes on three nuclear sites, Tehran has threatened to target American bases in the Middle East, continue missile attacks on Israel, and close the Strait of Hormuz.