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June 11, 2026 Don’t buy Iran’s charade — this regime can’t afford peace at ANY price For the last two months, President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Iran has seesawed between expressing optimism on negotiations and making explicit threats to remove the mullahs from power. This week,... June 11, 2026 FPV Drones Are the Logical Evolution of Hezbollah’s Warfighting Doctrine Hezbollah’s new first-person view (FPV) drones provide the group with a maximum return on investment — earning their name from their cameras broadcasting footage of attacks until moment of impact. FPVs... June 11, 2026 Qatar covers its tracks: Gulf state spent millions to infiltrate American classrooms Excerpt Qatar Foundation International has poured millions of dollars into U.S. K-12 public schools over the past 17 years. Qatari officials have long claimed that QFI has a “narrow philanthropic... June 10, 2026 IDF targets Hamas middle managers, reports 15 strikes and ceasefire violations May 29–June 10 After eliminating two successive heads of Hamas’s military wing in roughly two weeks, the Israel Defense Forces has turned its attention to the commanders, specialists, financiers, and cell... June 10, 2026 Lebanese Parliament Speaker Berri Sabotages President Trump’s Peace Agenda Lebanon and Israel signed a historic framework deal in Washington last Wednesday that serves as a clear roadmap to disarm Hezbollah, end the war, and put the two countries on the path to peace.... June 10, 2026 Showcasing Growing Ties, Xi Engages in Rare Visit to North Korea In a rare visit to the Hermit Kingdom, Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping sought to bring North Korea out of the cold. Xi visited North Korea on June 8-9 for the first time in seven years, holding... June 10, 2026 Why the DRC’s Ebola Outbreak Is an American Strategic Failure Excerpt The Trump administration’s mineral diplomacy in the eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is being undermined by a disease outbreak that its own policy decisions... June 10, 2026 Trump Signs Executive Order Addressing Structural Gaps in Trade Enforcement High tariffs create strong incentives to evade them. More than 40 percent of textile shipments flagged for analysis by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were either “mis-declared or mis-described”... June 10, 2026 Crazy rich Qataris For centuries, Qatar was a sparsely populated sheikhdom under the loose influence of successive Islamic empires, caliphates, and regional Arab rulers. In 1916, it transitioned into a British protectorate. At... June 9, 2026 Turkey Escalates Tensions in Cyprus Turkey’s increasingly confrontational posture in the Eastern Mediterranean was on display this week when aircraft carrying European defense ministers to Cyprus were reportedly harassed by Turkish fighter... June 9, 2026 Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring and NPT Safeguards Reports — June 2026 Excerpt This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) quarterly report, dated June 4, 2026: Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement... June 9, 2026 Updated Pentagon List Targets China’s Military-Civil Fusion Program The Pentagon just fired a warning shot at Beijing — and Wall Street. On June 8, the Pentagon released its updated Section 1260H list, which designates Chinese companies as supporting Beijing’s military-civil... June 9, 2026 Pro-Iran Hackers Outsmart Meta AI Chatbot, Access High-Profile Accounts Hackers are coming after those friendly, cheerful chatbots used in customer support roles almost everywhere, and the first week of June told the tale. Attackers used a series of basic questions to exploit... June 9, 2026 Qatar’s New Online Influence Machine For years, Qatar has positioned itself in Washington as a trusted American partner: a host to major U.S. military assets, a mediator in hostage negotiations, and a wealthy Gulf state capable... June 9, 2026 Iraq’s New Christian Patriarch Inherits a Vanishing Flock On its surface, Polis III Nona’s installation ceremony bore all the hallmarks of a thriving church. The new patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Iraq’s largest Christian denomination,... June 9, 2026 On U.S. Military Aid Phase-Out for Israel, Go Smartly — Not Quickly The United States and Israel announced on June 5 the launch of formal negotiations to replace the existing U.S.-Israel memorandum of understanding (MOU), which provides the framework for the annual provision... June 9, 2026 Houthis attack Israel and announce ban on Israeli vessels in the Red Sea On June 8, Yemen’s Houthis fired missiles at central Israel as the Jewish state and Iran exchanged fire for the first time since the April 7 ceasefire between the US, Israel, and... June 9, 2026 Spycraft will decide Iran’s fate Excerpt After four months of war, Israel still has targets to hit. The latest IDF raids, in this increasingly fictional ceasefire, smashed Iranian missile-defense systems and a petrochemical plant in... June 9, 2026 VIPs This Way Please: FDD Exposes New Stage in Persistent Iranian Recruitment Operation While Iran hasn’t enjoyed much success on the battlefield against Israel, its covert efforts to degrade Israel’s resilience have been unrelenting. Since October7, 2023, Iran’s intelligence agencies... June 8, 2026 Iran Resumes War on Israel as Trump Equivocates Iran resumed ballistic missile attacks on Israel on June 7 for the first time since agreeing to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire two months ago. Despite President Donald Trump’s public calls for restraint,... June 8, 2026 Iraq Moves to Disarm Iranian Militias While Hezbollah Gets a Pass Iraq’s Militias Begin Surrendering Their Weapons Two of Iraq’s most powerful Iran-backed militias, Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Imam Ali, recently agreed to place their weapons under... June 8, 2026 Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Programs June 8, 2026 Why Is Saudi Arabia Circumventing the Lebanese State? Aflurry of statements and reports reveals that Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar helped Hezbollah establish an indirect channel to U.S. President Donald Trump, offering a ceasefire in Lebanon on Hezbollah’s... June 8, 2026 Turkish interior minister states dream of governing Jerusalem, provoking Israel Turkey’s Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci publicly expressed his desire to one day serve as Jerusalem’s governor, while suggesting that the city and other former Ottoman territories would... June 5, 2026 Houthis emphasize solidarity and coordination with Iran-led Axis of Resistance In recent speeches, Abdulmalik al Houthi, the leader of the eponymous Yemeni terror group, reiterated his group’s support for its regional partners in the Iran-led “Axis of Resistance” and held out... June 5, 2026 Trump’s Blockade Is Zeroing Out Iran’s Oil Exports The Islamic Republic of Iran suffered a devastating blow in May, with the American blockade and sanctions biting deep into the regime’s bottom line. Iran exported zero crude oil in the month and only... June 5, 2026 Hezbollah Snubs Trump Offer of Israel Truce Hezbollah was quick to reject the latest Israel-Lebanon ceasefire brokered by the United States this week. It did so despite President Donald Trump floating direct talks with the Iranian-backed terrorist... June 5, 2026 Understanding Iran’s 3,000-Mile Battlefront Excerpt On June 3, an Iranian drone slammed into Terminal 1 at Kuwait International Airport. One person was killed, and 60 were injured in the attack. On June 2, the Kurdish Iranian... June 5, 2026 Russia reopening military schools to expand officer training pipeline The Russian government announced last week that it will re-establish the Chelyabinsk Higher Tank Command School (ChVTKU) this year. It is one of 16 military schools and academies that Moscow has recently... June 4, 2026 The U.S. Needs Its Mideast Bases Excerpt It’s called the Persian Gulf for a reason. Iran has dominated this crucial waterway except when in internal disarray or checked by an outside power, namely Portugal, the Ottoman... June 4, 2026 U.S. Must Apply Strict Conditions Before Lifting Syria’s Terrorism Designation “The lifting of sanctions is the primary step toward revitalizing the Syrian economy,” Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa told President Donald Trump during a phone call on May 31. In... June 4, 2026 Why Russia Is Trying to Influence Armenia’s Elections A geopolitical struggle is playing out in Armenia. At stake is whether the former Soviet state can break free of Russia’s orbit and move toward the West, and the battleground is the June 7... June 4, 2026 6 Reasons Why Qatar’s U.S. Financial Footprint Warrants Scrutiny Qatar, a Persian Gulf emirate roughly the size of Connecticut, possesses outsized wealth by sitting atop the world’s largest natural gas reservoir. FDD has meticulously documented that this tiny country... June 3, 2026 Mapping Qatar’s $400 Billion Footprint in the United States June 3, 2026 Qatari Money in America ... June 3, 2026 China Introduces New Outbound Investment Laws To Prevent U.S. Decoupling After decades of courting foreign investment, Beijing is now working to stop the flow of funds going the other way. On June 1, China’s State Council published new rules tightening... June 3, 2026 Turkey’s democracy is dying as Erdogan dismantles opposition On May 21, a Turkish court delivered what may prove to be the most consequential political ruling in modern Turkish history: the effective removal of the elected leadership of Turkey’s main opposition... June 3, 2026 Several Iranian-backed militias in Iraq say they accept state control of weapons On June 3 in Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi met with delegations from Asaib Ahl al Haq and Kataib Imam Ali, two Iranian-backed Iraqi militias. He thanked the group’s leadership for supporting... June 3, 2026 Beyond the Embargo: A Toolkit for Squeezing the Cuban Regime Opponents of U.S. sanctions often cite Cuba as “Exhibit A” for why sanctions don’t work. The United States has maintained an embargo on the island for more than six decades — but to what end? Cuba’s... June 3, 2026 The Taiwanese and U.S. Militaries Can’t Really Fight Together Excerpt In Washington, much of the debate over Taiwan’s security has focused on the island’s defense budget and purchases of U.S. weapons. On the first, Taiwan is headed in the right direction since... June 3, 2026 Voluntary Militia Disarmament in Iraq Sounds Too Good to Be True, and It Likely Is Promises from Iran-backed militias in Iraq can never be taken at face value. Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), an Iran-backed militia in Iraq designated by Washington as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)... June 3, 2026 Genocide Accusation: Pretoria Plays for Time *This article was originally published in French Excerpt There are trials whose verdict matters little- far less than the act of dragging them out. Since January 2024, South Africa has accused... June 3, 2026 Israel Seizes Medieval Fortress in Renewed Effort To Defeat Hezbollah After an interval of 26 years, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has again captured Beaufort Castle, a 12th century fortress that occupies strategic high ground in the South Lebanon Security Zone that was... June 3, 2026 Letter to the POTUS Dear President Trump: I’m sure you were disappointed to learn on Monday that Iran’s rulers have decided they’re not interested in negotiating an extension of the ceasefire you granted on April... June 2, 2026 For the War to Stop, Hezbollah Must Be Disarmed The Lebanese government, which has voted three times to disarm Hezbollah since the summer of 2025, now faces an inescapable choice. If the cabinet decides to finish off Iran’s proxy militia, Israel will... June 2, 2026 Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: June Trend Overview ... June 2, 2026 US Syria Envoy Barrack tapped for Syria and Iraq role On May 31, President Donald Trump said he was naming US Ambassador Tom Barrack as special presidential envoy to Syria and Iraq. The announcement came a day after it had appeared that Barrack’s role as... June 2, 2026 Commerce Department Admits Failure To Enforce AI Export Controls on China The United States may have allowed American firms to sell an untold number of high-end chips to China for over a year. On May 31, the Commerce Department issued guidance clarifying new enforcement... June 2, 2026 TikTok warped Americans’ view of the Iran war — one post at a time American military forces deployed an impressive range of weaponry against the Iranian regime during Operation Epic Fury — but Tehran’s allies may have been striking back on an entirely different... June 2, 2026 Israel Risks Another “Managed” Conflict in Lebanon Arecent flurry of diplomatic activity suggests Israel is restricted to a managed conflict, echoing previous inconclusive rounds of fighting. A new or partial ceasefire could give Hezbollah a morale boost...

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