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June 9, 2015 Obama’s Incomplete ISIS Strategy is ‘Policy Failure’: Expert It was shockingly and depressingly candid. “We don’t have, yet, a compete strategy” to deal with ISIS, President Obama conceded Monday. “The details are not worke... June 9, 2015 Islamic State Militants Eye Mecca, Medina From the battlefields of Iraq and Syria, the terror group known as the Islamic State is preparing yet another front in its quest to reestablish an Islamic caliphate, this time hoping to wrest Sau... June 8, 2015 CNN International FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross comments on the use of social media in tracking ISIS. ... June 8, 2015 Former CIA Director: We’re Not Doing Nearly Enough To Protect Against The EMP Threat FDD Chairman James Woolsey discusses the threats posed by an EMP attack. ... June 8, 2015 The Rita Cosby Show FDD Chairman James Woolsey discusses counterterrorism and threats to the U.S. ... June 8, 2015 Islamic State Undeterred by Mounting Body Count The United States and other countries fighting to push back and ultimately destroy the group known as Islamic State are being forced to confront an unpleasant quandary: an enemy unafraid of death... June 8, 2015 Islamic Extremism, Explained Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, is nothing if not ambitious. In a speech last July, Baghadi promised his fighters much more than their already large empire in Iraq and Syria: "if you ho... June 5, 2015 The Situation Room with Wolf Blizter FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross comments on ISIS sympathizers in the U.S. ... June 5, 2015 Here’s Why Russia Selling S-300 Advanced Missile Systems to Iran is Such a Big Deal Russia has publicly announced that it is willing to sell Iran one of the world's most advanced air defense systems. And that poses the potential of radically altering the balance of power in... June 5, 2015 The Myth of Iran’s Military Mastermind He’s been called the “single most powerful operative in the Middle East today” and nicknamed “Supermani,” but is Qasem Suleimani, the suddenly omnipresent commander... June 4, 2015 Happening Now FDD VP for Research Jonathan Schanzer discusses Hamas and governance in Gaza. ... June 4, 2015 CNN International FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross discusses the 'Taliban 5' and their travel restrictions. ... June 4, 2015 The John Batchelor Show FDD Senior Fellows Thomas Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. ... June 4, 2015 Nasrallah Tries Once More to Mobilize Base to Support Assad Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave yet another speech on Wednesday in an effort to motivate Shi’ite supporters in Lebanon to help keep Syrian President Bashar Assad in power. &... June 4, 2015 The Startlingly Simple Reason Obama Ignores Syria While the US embassy in Syria accuses Syrian President Bashar Assad of acting as an air force for the Islamic State, the Obama administration does not seem to be concerning itself with the Syrian... June 4, 2015 Pentagon: Iran Continuing Work on Nuclear Systems Iran is continuing to develop missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons despite an interim agreement on its nuclear programs, according to a Pentagon report. “Although Iran ha... June 4, 2015 One Year On, Palestinian “Unity” Government That Ended Peace Talks is Still Divided None of the issues that last year’s Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement were supposed to address have been solved, according to a policy brief written yesterday by Grant Rumley, a... June 4, 2015 Syria: Too Little, Too Late The Post reports: “The U.S. military is gradually expanding a new program to train and equip Syrian opposition fighters, but building a force that can effectively take on the Islamic State... June 4, 2015 The ISIS Economy Just Got a Huge Boost The US is trying to choke off the Islamic State's revenue streams in Iraq and Syria. But the biggest slice of the ISIS budget may come from taxing the "Caliphate's" captive population,... June 4, 2015 Obama Is Losing Iraq Just as LBJ Lost Vietnam The Obama White House’s mental synapses must be short-circuiting right now. If the president were a robot (rather than just being a bit robotic), he would by now be repeating over and over:... June 4, 2015 Amanpour: U.S. Fight Against Islamic State ‘Not Going Well Right Now’ CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour delivered an indictment of the Obama administration’s passive response to Middle East unrest on Wednesday, quoting senior CIA sources who worry about the ad... June 3, 2015 Iran Sentences 18 Christians to Prison as Human Rights Worsen under Rouhani An Iranian court sentenced 18 Christians to prison for practicing their faith, Ben Weinthal, a research fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies reported Tuesday for Fox News.... June 3, 2015 Debate: Is Obama’s Iran Deal Good for America? It's been 70 years since a nuclear bomb was used in war, but in spite of that passage of time, it still has a great deal of relevance as a strategic construct even if they are unlikely to eve... June 3, 2015 The Key to Obama’s Iran Deal Might Not Actually Work Despite US Secretary of State John Kerry's broken femur, the signing of a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran appears to be on track. Despite his continued vitriolic rhetoric,... June 2, 2015 White House Slams Senate for Letting Surveillance Programs Lapse FDD Chairman James Woolsey comments on the implications of failing to extend the Patriot Act. ... June 2, 2015 BBC World News America FDD Chairman James Woolsey discusses the impact of the Patriot Act on national security. ... June 2, 2015 Varney & Co. FDD Chairman James Woolsey discusses Rand Paul and the Patriot Act. ... June 2, 2015 America’s Newsroom FDD Chairman James Woolsey comments on the Patriot Act legislation. ... June 2, 2015 Ya’alon: Hezbollah Arrest in Cyprus is Part of Iran-Backed European Terror Network Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon stated that last Friday’s arrest of a Hezbollah terrorist in Cyprus pointed to a large-scale terror campaign by the Iranian-backed terror group... June 1, 2015 The Concessions to Iran Keep on Coming If you are concerned about a rotten deal with Iran that might actually begin a Middle East nuclear arms race and put Iran on a glide path to getting nuclear weapons, you might be taking solace in... May 29, 2015 How to Win the Iran Argument In the heart of blue America — New York City — Mark Dubowitz and Mike Doran debated Philip Gordon and Thomas Pickering on whether the Iran deal is good for the United States.... May 29, 2015 Paying Tehran’s Bills Even the Obama administration acknowledges that Iran is up to a lot of mischief in the Middle East. Tehran is engaged in a sectarian conflict from Lebanon to Syria and Iraq that has recently come... May 29, 2015 Morocco: Africa’s Great Stabilizer On May 14, the U.S. Senate showed rare bipartisanship in authorizing the extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act — a bill designed to foster U.S.-African trade and investment an... May 28, 2015 The Hard Line with Ed Berliner FDD Journalist-in-Residence Claudia Rosett discusses the increased tensions between China and the U.S. ... May 28, 2015 Hardball with Chris Matthews FDD Chairman James Woolsey comments on the origins of ISIS. ... May 28, 2015 My News 4 FDD Senior Counselor John Hannah discusses ISIS. ... May 28, 2015 The Steve Malzberg Show FDD Senior Counselor John Hannah discusses the recent strategic attacks by ISIS. ... May 28, 2015 ISIS’s Wealth: Stronger Than Ever Or In Decline? The recent takeover of Ramadi by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and the consequent criticism of Iraqi forces’ inability to counter the group, has not fared well for arguments t... May 28, 2015 Changing Under Pressure, IS ‘Potent’ as Ever Nearly 10 months since the first U.S. airstrikes rained down on Islamic State (IS) targets in Iraq, the terror group has been subject to a persistent, if not relentless, assault on multiple front... May 28, 2015 Iran-Backed Iraqi Militias Take Charge of Anti-ISIS Battle, Increased Sectarian Strife Feared Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have claimed that they will lead the Iraqi campaign to free the recently captured Sunni-majority city of Ramadi from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Reut... May 28, 2015 Pakistani Taliban Officially Declares ISIS Caliphate Illegitimate Umar Media, the Pakistani Taliban’s official propaganda outfit, recently released a 60-page document laying out why the ISIS caliphate under “caliph” Abu Bakr al Baghdad... May 28, 2015 Iran Challenging Regional Balance of Power Fallujah, Mosul, Tikrit, Ramadi: One by one, key Iraqi cities fell to Islamic State militants as Iraqi security forces failed to hold their ground. In their place, Iranian-sponsored Iraqi Shi&rsq... May 28, 2015 Jeb Bush: ‘ISIS Didn’t Exist When My Brother Was President’ and Al-Qaida Was ‘Wiped Out’ After former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush faced a tough couple of weeks related to his comments about whether he would have invaded Iraq even if he had known about faulty intelligence, he used a new tac... May 27, 2015 5 Live Drive FDD Senior Fellow Bill Roggio comments on the ISIS takeover in Ramadi. ... May 27, 2015 The Arlene Bynon Show FDD Senior Fellow Thomas Joscelyn discusses Khorasan group. ... May 27, 2015 Terry Boyd’s World FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross comments on ISIS, Iran, and Qatar. ... May 27, 2015 CTV News FDD Senior Fellow David Andrew Weinberg discusses Ramadi and Iraq's counteroffensive. ... May 27, 2015 Cher Is Not Impressed With Obama’s ISIS War International pop-music icon and Will & Grace guest-star Cher is not particularly impressed with how President Obama has been waging war on the Islamic State. Cher (born Cherilyn Sar... May 26, 2015 The John Batchelor Show FDD VP for Research Jonathan Schanzer discusses ISIS after the attack in Ramadi. ... May 26, 2015 The John Batchelor Show FDD Research Fellow Benjamin Weinthal discusses anti-semitism in Europe and the Iran nuclear talks. ...

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