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April 30, 2026 When will Britain protect its citizens? There was a time that Britain prided itself on protecting its citizens – whatever their religion – wherever they were in the world. Now the government is reluctant to defend them from foreign... April 30, 2026 Why Iraq’s Politics Haven’t Changed Excerpt The Iraq of today is marked by two conflicting feelings: cautious hope for the future and a recognition of the country’s endemic corruption. The good news is that the country’s... April 30, 2026 Suspect in London Terror Attack Previously Referred to UK Counterterrorism ‘Prevent’ Program Suspect Had File in Counterterrorism Program in 2020: London’s Metropolitan Police said that Essa Suleiman, the suspect who executed a terrorist attack in the heavily Jewish London neighborhood of Golders Green on April 29, was previously referred to the United Kingdom’s “Prevent” program, which “aims to stop individuals becoming terrorists,” according to the program’s website. “We can confirm the suspect … was subject to a Prevent referral in 2020, which was closed in the same year,” counterterrorism police said. Suleiman stabbed two Jewish men before being subdued by police and volunteers from a Jewish communal security group. April 30, 2026 U.S. Signals Approval of New Iraqi Prime Minister-Designate Selected by Pro-Tehran Bloc More than five months after its national elections, Iraq may finally have a new leader. On April 27, Iraqi President Nizar Amedi named Ali al-Zaidi,... April 30, 2026 5 Things To Know About China’s Wartime Support for Iran China is Iran’s top trading partner and one of the regime’s most important economic lifelines. Beijing is not seeking a wider Middle East war, especially one that threatens energy flows through the... April 30, 2026 Rubio is Right, a Vetted and Trained Lebanese Army Could be the Answer U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made an important announcement when he said that Washington is developing a plan to pursue Hezbollah’s disarmament by building up trusted units within the Lebanese... April 30, 2026 To Squeeze Hezbollah, Look to West Africa Iran’s economy is buckling. Under a US blockade, the Islamic Republic faces its most severe economic distress in years. For Hezbollah, which has long benefited from Iran’s... April 29, 2026 The Ramifications of the UAE Leaving OPEC April 29, 2026 Commerce Department Seeks To Undercut Chinese AI Sector by Targeting Chipmakers Washington is looking to choke off China’s advanced chip sector. As reported by Reuters on April 28, the Commerce Department sent letters to several major American chipmaking firms immediately banning... April 29, 2026 Reopening the Strait Is Now Job One in the Iran War America’s war with Iran has already transformed the Middle East. For years, the Islamic Republic’s clerical regime bragged that it could strangle the Persian Gulf. But it refrained from... April 29, 2026 Time To Bury OPEC OPEC is dying. The announcement by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that it will leave the cartel effective May 1 may be the fatal blow. As OPEC’s third-largest producer, the UAE’s exit follows Qatar’s... April 29, 2026 Lebanon Must Reform its Army or Lose American Aid Washington is working on establishing a system “where vetted units within the Lebanese Armed Forces [LAF] have the training, the equipment, and the capability to go after elements of Hezbollah and dismantle... April 29, 2026 China’s beachhead in the Balkans Serbia is playing a dangerous game with the West. While the European Union and the United States are pursuing a partnership with and EU membership for Serbia, Serbia is cultivating a rapidly... April 29, 2026 2 Jewish men stabbed in London, Ashab al Yamin claims attack UK authorities declared a terrorist incident in London following a stabbing attack that wounded two Jewish men on April 29. Hours after the stabbings, the Iran-linked front group Ashab al Yamin published a... April 29, 2026 Don’t Bet on Qatar Standing by America in the Middle East War is unpredictable and with Operation Epic Fury, some of the biggest surprises have occurred off the battlefield. Qatar’s posture is one of them. Years of engagement with Iran gave way to a relationship... April 29, 2026 What would Thomas Jefferson do? Last Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad where he was expected to finalize the terms of a deal he’d offer President Trump. Less than 24 hours later, he headed back... April 29, 2026 Data Centers, Telecommunications Networks, and Space-Based Systems April 28, 2026 Hamas Refusal to Disarm Sets Stage for Gaza Escalation While the U.S.-Iran standoff and Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon make headlines, Israel has been stepping up preparations for a resumption of warfare in the Gaza Strip. Hamas is refusing U.S. overtures... April 28, 2026 Charity founded by Hamas member raising funds on US-based platform Hamas member Muhammad Saleh al Bardawil founded Al Khair Challenge, a Gaza-based charity that remains active and continues to solicit donations, FDD’s Long War Journal has found. The US Treasury... April 28, 2026 Trump Strikes at China’s Iranian Oil Trade, but It’s Not Enough The bombs may have stopped falling on Iran — for now — but that doesn’t mean the regime isn’t still under attack, including its illicit oil trade with China. The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday... April 28, 2026 Iranian-Linked Militias in Iraq Threaten U.S. Dollar Flows to the Baghdad Government The United States has been flying cash — around $400-$500 million at a time — to Baghdad for decades. However, The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the U.S. Treasury had partially suspended... April 28, 2026 Venezuelan president to end amnesty, hundreds of political prisoners still unreleased Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez declared on April 24 that the Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence was “coming to an end,” despite the Caracas-based human rights NGO Foro... April 28, 2026 Aiding the abduction of Ukrainian children must come with consequences “They do not like the light of day. They’re like vampires,” former U.S. War Crimes Ambassador David Crane said about private corporations and their leaders that facilitate war... April 28, 2026 U.S. Conducts Rare Extradition of Alleged Chinese Cyber Spy After a long search, the law finally caught up to the laptop. On April 27, the Department of Justice released an indictment of Xu Zewei, a Chinese national accused of participating in state-sponsored... April 28, 2026 Syria’s First Trial of Assad-Era Figure Signals Progress, but Accountability Still Falls Short The first public trial of officials associated with former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime opened in Damascus on April 26. The defendant is Atef Najib, Assad’s cousin and former head of the intelligence... April 28, 2026 Iraq nominates little-known businessman to be next prime minister The Coordination Framework (CF), a coalition of Iraqi Shiite parties that is the largest bloc in the country’s parliament, announced on April 27 that it is nominating Ali al Zaidi for prime... April 28, 2026 The U.S. Should Take a Page From Europe’s New Russia Sanctions Playbook The European Union is stepping up enforcement against Russian sanctions evasion. Brussels has now implemented its largest set of designations against Moscow in two years, targeting the Kremlin’s enablers... April 28, 2026 Hezbollah’s New Drone Threat Excerpt Alarm bells are ringing in Jerusalem as the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah appears to be shifting its tactics toward drone warfare despite the recently... April 27, 2026 Kosovo military team evaluates Gaza deployment amid continuing ceasefire violations The Kosovo Security Force (KSF) announced on April 26 that it had sent a team to Gaza to examine an area where its troops may operate in the future. “During this visit, the team will conduct a preliminary... April 27, 2026 Hezbollah Leader Vows To Retain Weapons as Israel Responds to Group’s Continued Ceasefire Violations Qassem Pledges To Retain Arms: Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem vowed on April 27 that the Iran-backed terrorist organization would not “relinquish its weapons or its defenses.” Qassem also labeled last week’s meeting between Lebanese and Israeli officials a “gratuitous and humiliating concession” on the part of the Lebanese government. “We categorically reject direct negotiations with Israel, and those in power should know that their actions will not benefit Lebanon or themselves,” Qassem said. April 27, 2026 The Vatican’s Deal with the CCP is Not Working—But Washington Can Help Last week, news broke that the Hong Kong government is working to confiscate millions from Hong Kong democracy advocate and devout Catholic Jimmy Lai, 78, funds that it claims are tied to his ... April 27, 2026 Israel and Syria’s Shared Fight Against Hezbollah “We stand alongside Lebanon in disarming Hezbollah,” Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa declared last month. No other Arab head of state has called for taking away Hezbollah’s... April 27, 2026 If Boycotting Israel Requires a Law, Is It Truly Popular? Hezbollah and its global Intifada allies claim that the overwhelming majority of Lebanese, Arabs, and people of conscience view Israel as pure evil, a cancer to be eradicated. Yet if this hatred is truly... April 27, 2026 Qatar Influence Operations: Unmasking a Suspected Network April 26, 2026 Tick-tock, Tehran — the regime’s escape routes are closing fast The clock is ticking in Washington and Tehran. With midterm elections approaching, pressure is building on President Donald Trump — from the left and the isolationist right — to wind down... April 26, 2026 Deny the Truth at All Costs: Moscow’s Perennial Playbook April 26, 1986, marks the day the Chornobyl disaster began, and the Kremlin answered with silence. Officials withheld the truth and Soviet propaganda downplayed the danger of radiation. Forty years later,... April 26, 2026 Strait of Hormuz should not reopen on Tehran’s terms For the United States, reopening the Strait of Hormuz is a must-do, but how Washington does so determines whether it is a win or a strategic defeat. If shipping resumes through diplomatic... April 26, 2026 JNIM and allied rebels surge across Mali, take several cities, pressure capital Beginning on Saturday, Al Qaeda’s Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), and its allies in the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a collection of Tuareg and Arab rebel groups, fully or partially... April 26, 2026 Preserving Israel’s military edge: Strategic steps for the Defense Ministry Forged in the 1960s, the enduring US-Israel special relationship remains a cornerstone of regional stability. Central to this alliance is the United States’ statutory commitment, codified in Section... April 25, 2026 Think we’re losing the war in Iran? Consider where things really stand If you told me just a few years ago that this is where Iran would stand today, I would have dismissed it as fantasy. The mistake that many analysts are making today is confusing the Iranian regime’s... April 25, 2026 The Race to Build America and Israel’s Missile Defenses The U.S. ceasefire with Iran may be about to end – or not. Ceasefires, regardless of their length, are often much more than simply a pause in combat. Unfortunately, they are also often a starting gun... April 24, 2026 Houthis portray steadfast support for Iran, reportedly consider Red Sea toll After mostly sitting out the campaign that was launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28, Houthi leader Abdulmalik al Houthi reiterated the Yemeni terrorist group’s... April 24, 2026 Russian Shahed drone maker recruiting for new unmanned systems brigade An organization affiliated with Russia’s main producer of Shahed-type drones has launched a recruitment drive for a new unmanned systems brigade, promising young men the chance to earn risk-free cash... April 24, 2026 Taiwan to secure energy soft spots The war in Iran indicates that the fight over controlling global energy flows is far from over. A close partner of Tehran, Beijing is no doubt factoring lessons from the conflict into its designs to... April 24, 2026 Will the Next UN Leader Be Good for America? UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s time in office is coming to an end, which raises the question: Who will lead the world’s most important multilateral body next? The 2026 secretary-general... April 24, 2026 America’s Ambassador to Turkey Is Undermining U.S. Interests U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack raised eyebrows last weekend at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum when he stated, “Turkey is not a country to be messed with,” –– a remark intended to blame Israel... April 24, 2026 Sharaa’s Gulf Tour Is All About the Economy Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa visited three Gulf states — Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates — over two days beginning on April 21. The Syrian presidency described the trip in broad... April 24, 2026 Iran’s economy after the March war: how bad can it get? Iran’s economy is heading into a period of sharp deterioration following the March war, with mounting pressure from inflation, currency depreciation and damage to key industries raising the risk of a broader crisis. April 24, 2026 Syria thwarts Hezbollah plot, vows at UN to fight terrorist groups The Syrian Interior Ministry and General Intelligence Service thwarted a plot by a Hezbollah cell, Syrian state media reported on April 19. Four days later, Syria’s permanent representative... April 24, 2026 America Can’t Reindustrialize on Chinese Batteries Washington has learned, often the hard way, that supply chains once treated as purely commercial can carry real national security consequences. Huawei exposed that risk in telecommunications. Chinese drones...

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