January 3, 2012 | Press Release
FDD In The News
Iran and the Myth of the Pro-Regime BacklashEmanuele Ottolenghi – The Wall Street Journal |
What’s Obama’s Plan B After Arab League Monitors?Tony Badran – Now Lebanon |
Inside StoryClifford D. May – Al Jazeera English |
Ron Paul's WordJames Kirchick – The New York Times |
Special ReportClifford D. May – Fox News |
Iran and Al-QaedaClifford D. May – Scripps Howard News Service |
Morning EditionMark Dubowitz – NPR |
“Warriors of God: Inside Hezbollah’s Thirty-Year Struggle Against Israel,” by Nicholas Blanford
As the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria violently struggles for its life, observers of the region are wondering about the future of Iran’s alliances in the eastern Mediterranean.
A Ph.D. in Torture
When NATO planes launched their air campaign over Libya’s skies last spring and Western leaders said that Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi had to go, the first regime to change was at the London School of Economics.
Iran in Convulsion (the Death Spiral Continues)
Big news today from Iran, confirming once again that the hapless regime in Tehran proceeds down its death spiral. The first is the spectacular collapse of the national currency, which has lost 35% of its value since September.
Islamist Ignorance
When Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer launched their campaign against “The Israel Lobby” with an article in the London Review of Books (March 23, 2006) — and subsequently in a book of the same name — they asserted that European anti-Semitism was largely the by-product of the Arab-Israeli conflict
Obama Recruits Qaradawi
The surrender is complete now. The Hindu reports that the Obama administration has turned to Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s leading jurist, to mediate secret negotiations between the United States and the Taliban.
Al Qaeda Round-Up, 2012
As we enter a new year, I wanted to outline the contours of, and analyze, a few issues that are likely to feature prominently in the fight between the U.S. and al Qaeda in 2012.
What’s Obama’s Plan B After Arab League Monitors?
The Arab League’s observer mission in Syria is coming under criticism a mere couple of days after its initial deployment, as the regime of Bashar al-Assad continues to gun down its opponents, seemingly unfettered.
Ron Paul’s World
Earlier this week, Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, said that he would not vote for his fellow presidential candidate Ron Paul should Paul become the Republican nominee.
Iran and Al-Qaeda
Late last week, the State Department announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the capture of Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil, A.K.A. Yasin al-Suri – Yasin the Syrian. Serious students of terrorism and counterterrorism saw this as big news for two reasons.
Adbullah Azzam Brigades Denies Responsibility for Damascus Suicide Attacks
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an affiliate of al Qaeda in Iraq that operates throughout the Middle East, has denied all involvement in the recent suicide attack in the Syrian capital that killed 40 people.