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EVENT: FDD's Air and Missile Defense Program Launch
To help protect the United States and its allies from the rising threat of missile and drone attacks, FDD is excited to inaugurate its new Air and Missile Defense Program, housed within the Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP).
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- Today at 8:30am (ET): "FDD Morning Brief," FDD Event
- "Assassins Abroad: Iran’s Global War on Dissent," The Iran Breakdown
- "Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense is costly, ambitious — and necessary," New York Post
- "There’s No Such Thing as a Free Qatari Lunch," The Wall Street Journal
- "My Friend Yaron," The Free Press
- "They Came for Peace. Hate Was Waiting Outside." The Times of Israel
- "The Houthi Headache," Generation Jihad (by FDD's Long War Journal)
- "Syrian military integrates Al Qaeda-linked terror group into its ranks," FDD's Long War Journal
- "Pro-Hamas Assailant Murders 2 Israeli Embassy Staffers at DC Jewish Event," FDD Flash Brief
- "‘All of Hamas, Out!’: Gazans Reignite Anti-Hamas Protests," FDD Flash Brief
The Must-Reads
- Israeli Airstrike that killed top Hamas leader in Gaza hit meeting of top militants
- German officials issue arrest warrant against Hamas official in Europe
- JPost Editorial: UN cannot dismiss grief and struggle of Israeli people
- Iran warns Israel, US against any attack on its nuclear sites
- US and Iran to hold nuclear talks amid clashing red lines
- Putin says Russia creating buffer zone along Ukrainian border
- US and regional countries team up to resolve the issue of IS prisoners in Syria
- France, Saudi Arabia aim to disarm Hamas in new peace push
- North Korea launches probe into accident during warship's launch
- Taiwan’s military plans new drone units in preparation for potential China invasion
- Suspect charged with murder in fatal DC shooting of two Israel embassy aides
- WaPo Editorial: An act of antisemitic terrorism in the nation’s capital