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May 12, 2023 War in Ukraine Update: Wagner Group Drama in Bakhmut Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group, escalated his long-running feud with Russia’s Ministry of Defense over the last week. In a March 4 video, Prigozhin hurled expletives... May 12, 2023 Israel can turn Iran’s multi-theater conflagration strategy into an advantage Israel can turn Iran’s multi-theater conflagration strategy into an advantage ... May 12, 2023 It’s time to hold Russia accountable for its use of chemical weapons The film “Navalny” won the Academy Award in March for best documentary feature. The picture details the Kremlin’s 2020 apparent attempt to assassinate Alexei Navalny using a chemical nerve agent... May 12, 2023 UK Sends Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine Even Though U.S. Refused British Defence Secretary Benjamin Wallace announced yesterday that London has sent Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine. By leading where Washington would not, the United Kingdom has provided Kyiv with a... May 12, 2023 Human Shields Allegedly Used by Iran-Backed Islamic Jihad Latest Developments The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on May 11 that Israel waited two days to strike an Islamic Jihad commander because he was using his family as human shields. The commander, Ahmad... May 11, 2023 Palestinian Rocket from Gaza Kills Israeli in Rehovot A rocket fired by terrorists in Gaza killed one Israeli and wounded several others on May 11 when it struck an apartment building in the city of Rehovot. “It was a very difficult... May 11, 2023 What Ukraine Still Needs to Win As Kyiv gears up for its spring counteroffensive, some U.S. officials are privately casting doubt on what Ukraine can achieve. To be sure, the Ukrainian military will face serious hurdles in... May 11, 2023 Misfired Islamic Jihad Rockets Kill Palestinian Children Latest Developments Rockets launched at Israel by Iran-backed Islamic Jihad on May 10 killed four Palestinian civilians, three of them children, after falling short within the Gaza Strip, Israeli tracking... May 10, 2023 Iran-Backed Gaza Terrorists Fire 469 Rockets at Israel Iran-backed terrorists in Gaza have fired 469 rockets toward Israel as of 9:30 p.m. Israel time, with 107 falling short in Gaza, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The... May 10, 2023 Iran’s Multifront Strategy Against Israel Rockets from Gaza flew toward Tel Aviv on May 10, only a few weeks after Israel celebrated its 75th anniversary. Against all odds, the country has survived despite multiple wars with its neighbors, a dearth... May 10, 2023 David’s Sling Air Defense System Intercepts Rocket for First Time Israel used its David’s Sling air defense system successfully for the first time on May 10 to intercept a rocket aimed at Tel Aviv during a rocket barrage from Gaza-based terrorist... May 10, 2023 Islamic Jihad Seeks Israel’s Destruction Gaza-based terrorists fired more than 270 rockets and mortars at Israel on May 10 as the Israeli Air Force attacked launching sites across the coastal strip. The terrorist group... May 10, 2023 Gaza-Based Terrorists Backed by Iran Renew Rocket Fire, Reaching Tel Aviv Outskirts Gaza-based terrorists renewed cross-border rocket fire at Israel on May 10, sending residents to shelters in cities as far away as Tel Aviv. There was no immediate word of casualties,... May 10, 2023 Israel’s 75th birthday On May 14, 1948, in the Tel Aviv Museum, David Ben-Gurion read from the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel. As historian Simon Sebag Montefiore recounts in his masterful book, “Jerusalem:... May 10, 2023 Two Years On, Syria’s Suspension from the OPCW Was Beneficial May 9, 2023 Jordan Carries Out Rare Strike in Syria Against the Assad-Backed Narco-Trade Jordan carried out airstrikes in southern Syria on Monday morning targeting a prominent drug lord and a narcotics factory in nearby Daraa province. Jordanian airstrikes in Syria are extremely rare and... May 9, 2023 Israel Kills Three Islamic Jihad Terror Chiefs in Gaza Israeli forces killed three Islamic Jihad commanders in surprise strikes in the Gaza Strip in the early morning of May 9, retaliating for the Iranian-backed terrorist group’s repeated... May 8, 2023 Sometimes less is more: The most important 26 words of ROK-US summit By all measures the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States (ROK-U.S.) summit and state visit by President Yoon Suk Yeol was a resounding success. It celebrated the 70-year blood friendship kindled... May 8, 2023 President Aliyev: “Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran are at the Lowest Level Ever” From day one of the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Iran has been hostile toward Baku and consistently acted to undermine its security and independence. However, over the last year the ties... May 8, 2023 Turkey Wants a Post-election Reset with Washington Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently announced a joint American-Turkish effort to sanction two individuals with ties to radical entities inside northern Syria. Specifically, the U.S. Treasury Department... May 8, 2023 Unrepentant, Unreformed Syrian Regime Returns to Arab League Twelve years after it suspended Syria for the violent suppression and torture of peaceful protesters, the League of Arab States welcomed Syria back to the fold on May 7, just weeks... May 8, 2023 Erdogan Threatens to Discard Election Results With elections just six days away and the polls showing a neck-and-neck race between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Erdogan is threatening to block a transition... May 8, 2023 Jordanian MP Who Smuggled Weapons into West Bank Repatriated by Israel Israel handed over a Jordanian member of parliament to Jordanian authorities on May 7 to face trial for attempting to smuggle weapons into the West Bank. Israel had arrested Imad... May 8, 2023 China and Russia Encourage Iran to Go Nuclear Iran has secured great-power patronage for the first time in four decades. Tehran now possess advanced centrifuges, a growing stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and a cadre of decent physicists... May 8, 2023 Let’s turn the tables on Russia’s information warfare with some of our own Vladimir Putin delivers an address every May 9 to celebrate Victory Day, which marks the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany in World War II — what Russians dub the “Great Patriotic... May 6, 2023 Moscow Proxies Stand for Regional Election in Moldova As Ukraine prepares for its spring counteroffensive and Russia continues to perform poorly on the battlefield, Putin is ramping up his attempts to undermine Moldova as another distraction from Ukraine... May 6, 2023 Hezbollah Is Missing from President Biden’s Corruption Agenda In June 2021, President Joe Biden made fighting global corruption an official priority, directing the National Security Council to conduct an interagency review and promulgate an all-of-government anti-corruption... May 5, 2023 Raisi Affirms Iranian Coordination with Palestinian Terrorist Groups Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad on May 4 during his trip to Syria, where he predicted the imminent “collapse of the Zionist regime.”... May 5, 2023 The Threat of an Emboldened Iran The Palestinian-Israeli conflict shows no signs of abating: Two distinctly different peoples with mutually abrasive cultures wanting the same land don’t become friendlier with time. Israelis... May 4, 2023 Canada must seek justice for victims of Flight PS752 Tehran says it is exacting justice for the victims of Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752, which Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down in January 2020 as it took off from... May 4, 2023 Drone Attack on Kremlin Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate President Vladimir Putin by attacking his official residence using two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The Kremlin claimed “timely... May 4, 2023 How Sanctions Can Help Bring Home American Hostages Last month, the State Department designated Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as “wrongfully detained” by Russia following his March arrest on bogus charges of... May 4, 2023 U.S. State Department officials speak at same conference as dangerous Iran-backed Iraqi terrorist Senior U.S. State Department officials spoke at the same conference as Qais al Khazali, a known Shia terrorist who is responsible for arming, training and forming the deadly Iranian-backed militias that... May 4, 2023 Iran Seizes Second Tanker Within Week Iranian forces seized a Panamanian-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on May 3, just six days after taking another vessel sailing toward the United States. The empty tanker Niovi... May 4, 2023 Is Turkey Getting Tough On Terrorism? Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently announced that Turkish forces had successfully neutralized the current leader of the Islamic State (IS), Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi following a raid on... May 3, 2023 Iran’s Meaningless Concession Ahead of Key Nuclear Meeting Iran has begun reinstalling surveillance cameras and monitoring technologies at key nuclear sites ahead of a June International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting, according to a reporter for The Wall... May 3, 2023 The New Herodians Herod the Great’s alignment with the Roman empire led to both the high-point of Jewish power and the destruction of the Jewish state. ... May 3, 2023 Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: May Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. May 3, 2023 Iran Intensifies Ties with Syria Tehran and Damascus signed long-term cooperation agreements related to oil and other sectors on May 3 during a visit to Syria by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. The deals marked... May 3, 2023 Advance U.S. Interests by Giving Ukraine the Weapons It Needs Now May 3, 2023 Islamic Jihad Attacks Israel from Gaza with Hamas’ Assent Palestinian terrorists launched more than 100 rockets and mortar bombs at Israel from the Gaza Strip on May 2 and early May 3 with the assent of the territory’s ruling Hamas faction.... May 3, 2023 Washington Needs to Fight Russia’s Information War Using This Tactic Although Russia is performing poorly in Ukraine, Putin has an ace up his sleeve against the West: information warfare. As the world prepares to celebrate World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday,... May 3, 2023 The new – or perhaps renewed – Cold War On Christmas Day, 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist, and the Cold War ended. Or did it? The answer depends on whether the Cold War was a conflict between two powerful nation-states or a struggle... May 2, 2023 Hamas, Islamic Jihad Fire Rockets at Israel Latest Developments The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on the morning of May 2 that three rockets “were launched from Gaza toward Israeli territory” following the death of Islamic Jihad leader... May 2, 2023 Israel Strikes Iranian Weapons at Aleppo Airport Ahead of Raisi’s Visit Israeli missiles struck Aleppo International Airport on the evening of May 1, hitting a warehouse containing large amounts of ammunition. The attack killed a Syrian soldier and wounded... May 1, 2023 Iran Denies Schoolgirls Were Poisoned Despite Overwhelming Evidence Following an investigation, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence announced on April 28 that no poisoning of schoolgirls has occurred in the country. Instead, the statement blamed unidentified... April 30, 2023 Washington Must Focus on Asia When Targeting Tehran’s Drone Technology Procurement The U.S. Treasury Department recently sanctioned a multi-jurisdiction procurement ring supporting the Islamic Republic of Iran’s drone and military programs. Concurrent with Iran’s continued proliferation of... April 28, 2023 The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward April 28, 2023 Let’s use jazz to push back against Russia — it once worked before! I like to joke that I moved to the United States from my homeland of Serbia because of American “psychological warfare.” But it wasn’t shadowy CIA operations that won my “heart and mind.” It... April 28, 2023 Washington Declaration Shores Up U.S. Security Commitments to South Korea The United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) released a statement they called the Washington Declaration on Wednesday during the state visit of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to the White House....

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