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September 22, 2022 Lifting the arms embargo on Cyprus is a major opportunity to aid Ukraine The Biden administration announced on Friday a decision to lift the decades-old arms embargo on Cyprus for the coming fiscal year. This laudable step recognizes Nicosia’s progress related to financial... September 22, 2022 Raisi Addresses UN Despite Grim Human Rights Record Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi described the West as “the real violators of human rights” at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. At the same time, protests continued to sweep across Iran in response to his own government’s human rights abuses — specifically, the Sept. 16 death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody for violating headscarf laws. These protests challenge the legitimacy of Raisi himself, who won a fraudulent election for president last year and bears a decades-long record of human rights abuses against the Iranian people. September 22, 2022 Hezbollah Emerging as Winner from Israel-Lebanon Maritime Talks Israel and Lebanon are apparently close to a final agreement delineating their maritime border after a Lebanese government delegation met with the Biden administration’s energy envoy, Amos Hochstein,... September 21, 2022 Washington Punishes Iranian Cyber Actors While Preparing to Enrich Regime The U.S. Treasury Department issued two sets of sanctions against Iran in mid-September for its malicious cyber operations. While the sanctions and other corresponding U.S. government actions raise awareness... September 21, 2022 U.S. airstrike kills 27 Shabaab fighters in central Somalia The U.S. military killed 27 members of Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, in an airstrike in support of a Somali military and African Union offensive in central Somalia. Since June 3, the US has... September 21, 2022 2022 Annual Report on Implementation September 21, 2022 Cyberspace Solarium Commission Recommendations Tracker ... September 20, 2022 A New Iran Deal Would Empower the Houthis Iran would receive approximately $275 billion in sanctions relief during the first year of a new nuclear deal and more than $1 trillion by 2030, according to an FDD assessment. If past is prologue, a significant portion of these funds would flow to Iran’s network of terror proxy groups, including the Houthis in Yemen. September 20, 2022 Hezbollah smuggling weapons to the West Bank amid surge in militant activity Amid a major uptick in militant activity in the West Bank, FDD’s Long War Journal has confirmed with a senior Israeli military official that Hezbollah has been smuggling weapons into the West Bank. The... September 19, 2022 Arrest of Militants Signals Hamas’ Involvement in Uptick of West Bank Violence The Israel Security Agency (ISA) announced Monday the arrest of seven Hamas operatives suspected of planning attacks against Israeli citizens in the West Bank. During the ISA’s investigation, it was... September 19, 2022 U.S. frees Taliban narcotics kingpin in exchange for Navy veteran The Taliban released Mark Frerichs, an American veteran who had been held hostage since early 2020, in exchange for Haji Bashir Noorzai, a convicted Taliban drug kingpin who was serving a life sentence... September 19, 2022 Iranian-backed attacks on Albania highlights need for Cyber Capacity Building Albania, a NATO member state, cut diplomatic ties with Iran earlier this month after blaming Tehran for a cyberattack against Albanian government networks. It is an unprecedented response to a cyberattack... September 17, 2022 Islamic State claims first attacks inside Benin Through its weekly Al-Naba newsletter earlier this week, the Islamic State officially claimed its first two operations inside Benin. The attacks now join the chorus of strikes committed inside the littoral... September 16, 2022 Ukraine’s Counteroffensives in Kharkiv and Kherson and the Road Ahead Ukraine’s stunning victory in Kharkiv Oblast has reshaped the battlefield and dealt a powerful blow to Vladimir Putin’s ambitions in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces continue to wage a more gradual... September 16, 2022 A Newly Established Militant Organization in the West Bank Claims Several Attacks A nascent Palestinian militant organization called The Lion’s Den (TLD) has been established in the West Bank and have publish statements claiming shooting attacks against Israel Defense Forces (IDF)... September 16, 2022 Will Congress Hold a Vote on Iran Deal Before Sanctions Relief? The Biden administration is signaling it will continue to pursue a nuclear agreement with Iran. This endeavor faces bipartisan opposition while questions swirl over whether and how the president will comply... September 15, 2022 Israel’s Defense Minister Reveals Syrian Military Sites Used to Produce Advanced Weapons for Iran At a Jerusalem Post conference in New York on Monday, Israel’s Defense Minister, Benny Gantz, revealed a map displaying Syrian arms manufacturing facilities used to produce advanced weapons for Tehran... September 15, 2022 Serbia’s Move to Cancel EuroPride Shows How Vučić Plays Off West Against Russia and His Base The Serbian government is moving to cancel a long-planned parade in Belgrade this Saturday as part of the annual pan-European EuroPride celebration, hosted in a different European city each year, after... September 15, 2022 U.S. Should Deny Visa to Iranian President A bipartisan group of 52 U.S. lawmakers asked President Joe Biden on Monday to deny Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi permission to visit New York for the UN General Assembly later this month. This would... September 15, 2022 The Weaponization of Capital September 14, 2022 Don’t Just Applaud Ukraine’s Counteroffensive. Time To Send More Weapons The Ukrainian counteroffensives around Kharkiv and Kherson have erased months of Moscow’s territorial gains and destroyed or captured large amounts of Russian military equipment, ammunition, and... September 14, 2022 Protecting Americans’ Private Information from Hostile Foreign Powers September 14, 2022 Israel Reveals Iranian Missile Production Sites in Syria Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz displayed a map on Sept. 12 that shows the Syrian location of 10 “production facilities for mid- and long-range, precise missiles and weapons” that Iran has “provided to Hezbollah and Iranian proxies.” He said Tehran is also “working to build missile and weapon industries in Lebanon and Yemen” as part of its campaign to destabilize the region. September 14, 2022 Fascism for dummies Fascism seems to be all the rage these days. I’ll give you a few examples. Ben Rhodes, who was President Obama’s deputy national security advisor for strategic communications (a title suggesting foreign... September 13, 2022 Gearing up for Huawei’s second act Excerpt Washington’s wielding of strategic export controls has seriously blunted Beijing’s technological ambitions, so much so that Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei warned in a recently leaked memo that... September 13, 2022 Why Did Russia Change Its Tune on the Iran Nuclear Deal? In late August, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s chief nuclear negotiator in Vienna, urged the United States and Iran to “successfully overcome their last differences as soon as possible” in order to revive... September 13, 2022 Iran-Hezbollah Intelligence Center May Help Hamas Target Israel Excerpt In the wake of the May 2021 Gaza war between Israel and Hamas, reports in Israel suggested that Iran helped the terrorist group out of a Lebanon-based nerve center or joint operations room. Reports... September 12, 2022 Biden may be plotting to keep Congress out of the Iran nuclear deal Excerpt Negotiators from Iran, the United States and the European Union have once again nearly concluded indirect talks over the “final text” of a nuclear deal. Like the 2015 deal formally known as... September 12, 2022 New Iran Deal Would Fuel Hezbollah’s Precision-Guided Munitions Iran could receive up to $275 billion in sanctions relief during the first year of a new nuclear deal and more than $1 trillion by 2030, according to an FDD assessment. Some of this money would likely fund... September 12, 2022 Contested area of northern Somalia witnesses rare suicide bombing At least five people were killed yesterday in a suicide bombing at a crowded cafe in the village of Milxo in the Sanaag Region, a contested area laid claim to by both Somalia and Somaliland. No group has... September 12, 2022 PGMs: Iran’s Precision-Guided Munitions Project in the Shadow of a Nuclear Deal September 11, 2022 Anti-Israel boycotts masquerade as social justice Nineteen US states sent Morningstar, the financial services giant, a clear message last month: its attempts to sweep its anti-Israel bias under the rug are not fooling anyone. On August 17, Missouri Attorney... September 11, 2022 Mounting Evidence of the PA’s Security Services Clashing With IDF Troops in the West Bank Since last year, IDF troops have increasingly engaged in armed clashes with members of the Palestinian Authority Security Services (PSS) in the West Bank. In some cases, PSS members belonged to militant... September 9, 2022 Israel’s Role in the Second Armenia-Azerbaijan War and Its Implications for the Future Excerpt For a quarter of a century, Israel and Azerbaijan have maintained deep strategic cooperation that touches on national security issues of the highest importance to both sides. The defense relationship... September 9, 2022 Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report – September 2022 Excerpt Background This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) quarterly safeguards report for September 7, 2022, Verification and monitoring in... September 9, 2022 New Iran Deal Would be Shorter, Weaker Version of 2015 Deal The new nuclear deal currently under negotiation with Iran would not revive the original 2015 agreement. Instead, this shorter, weaker version would reduce the time Iran needs to produce enough fissile... September 9, 2022 On 9/11 Anniversary, End the Self-Delusion About America’s Enemies Excerpt Sunday marks the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States—planned and launched by al Qaeda from Afghanistan—that killed 2,977 innocent people. Much has changed since... September 9, 2022 How the US monkeypox response failed to learn COVID’s lessons Excerpt The Biden administration’s failed response to the spread of monkeypox has highlighted America’s inability to respond to large-scale disease outbreaks. These problems are bipartisan and were... September 8, 2022 The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report – September 2022 Excerpt Background Iran has consistently violated its obligations under its comprehensive safeguards agreement (CSA), a key part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to cooperate with the International... September 7, 2022 America’s Regional Integration Scheme Benefits Iran Barack Obama’s realignment doctrine in the Middle East was predicated on recognizing what he dubbed Iranian “equities” and buttressing them supposedly so as to create strategic parity or “balance”... September 7, 2022 Israel Thwarts Terror Plots in West Bank, Yet Threats Continue Israel’s Chief of the General Staff Aviv Kohavi stated on Monday that since late March, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have apprehended approximately 1,500 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank and thwarted “hundreds of attacks.” Kohavi’s statement highlights the significant threat posed by Palestinian terrorist organizations in the territory, including Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and others. September 7, 2022 How North Korea Taught Iran to Entrap and Threaten Israel As its technology has advanced, Tehran has armed its proxies on Israel’s borders with precision-guided missiles, saturation-fire rockets, and explosives-laden unmanned aerial vehicles. The ultimate,... September 7, 2022 How Beijing Benefits From a New Iran Deal Excerpt Supporters of a new Iran deal claim it will put Tehran’s atomic program “in a box” so that Washington and its allies can finally focus on countering Beijing’s increasing belligerence in... September 7, 2022 Waging Psychological War Against Russia The fight for Ukraine will not just be won on the battlefield. For all the high-tech weaponry the West has delivered, psychological war against Russia remains a key opportunity for the United States. Historically,... September 7, 2022 Are al Qaeda and Iran really at odds? A photo, first posted on an anonymous Twitter account, circulated last week among terrorism watchers here in Washington. It received scant attention in the mainstream media. The now authenticated photo,... September 6, 2022 Deal or No Deal, Israel Must Restore a Credible Military Threat The Iranian regime and the US are exchanging drafts of what is being described again as a “take it or leave it, last chance [nuclear] deal.” Both sides will not admit publicly to having compromised,... September 6, 2022 Washington must act to build capable federal cybersecurity workforce With the U.S. facing a reported cybersecurity personnel shortage of at least 700,000 workers, the White House’s July workforce summit set the appropriately ambitious goal of filling those vacancies. The... September 6, 2022 A New Iran Deal Would Empower Hamas Iran would receive approximately $275 billion in sanctions relief during the first year of a new nuclear deal and more than $1 trillion by 2030, according to an FDD analysis. If past is prologue, a significant portion of these funds would likely flow to Iranian-supported terror organizations in the region, including Hamas. In the year after the implementation of the original 2015 nuclear accord, Tehran’s military budget increased by 90 percent, enabling the regime to shower Iran-aligned terror organizations, including Hamas, with additional resources. September 4, 2022 Hamas Tells Media to Lie: What Should the Media Tell its Readers? In a stunning expose’, a recent Associated Press article revealed a Hamas directive to journalists not to report on Gazans killed by Palestinian rockets that misfired and killed local families rather... September 3, 2022 Waiting for Thermidor: America’s Foreign Policy Towards Iran The Biden administration is stumped by Iran. Upon inauguration, President Joe Biden and the best and the brightest of the Democratic Party assumed that reviving the Iran nuclear deal would be simple. In...

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