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March 17, 2015 Iranian Dissidents Criticize Obama’s Nuclear Diplomacy ... Saeed Ghassiminejad, an Iranian dissident and expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that the letters reflect growing frustration with the Obama administra... March 17, 2015 This Sentence Should Cause a Lot of Concern About Iran Taking Over Iraq A disturbing sign of Iran's growing influence in Iraq and beyond was highlighted on March 8 during a seminar titled "The Iranian Identity," Bloomberg View reports. "Iran is an empir... March 17, 2015 Afghan Officials Acknowledge Islamic State Presence in Their Country The Afghan government said Tuesday that forces belonging to the Islamic State militant organization have taken root in the country, its first official acknowledgment that the group based in Iraq... March 16, 2015 CBS Evening News FDD Executive Director Mark Dubowitz discusses aspects of a potential deal with Iran.... March 16, 2015 Lou Dobbs Tonight FDD President Cliff May discusses conflicting reports of the Islamic State's influence.... March 16, 2015 Happening Now FDD Senior Fellow Thomas Joscelyn discusses new information from the recently released bin Laden documents.... March 16, 2015 Crunch Time as Iran Nuclear Talks Resume Secretary of State John F. Kerry flies to Switzerland on Sunday for the next round of talks over Iran’s nuclear program, amid soaring expectations that a historic agreement is imminent.... March 16, 2015 SUICIDE BOMBING: New Weapon Of Retreating Boko Haram WHEN the insurgent group, Boko Haram, launched its first suicide bombing attack on June 16, 2011 at the Louis Edet House, headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force, Abuja, it marked the first form... March 16, 2015 Breaking Up Sanctions Is Hard to Do The Obama administration is moving closer to a landmark deal with Tehran that would impose new restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for loosening the punishing international s... March 16, 2015 Iran Instructs U.S. to Bypass Congress on Deal, Go to U.N. The Iranian government is urging the United States to go straight to the United Nations to finalize any agreement reached in the coming weeks regarding Tehran’s contested nuclear program wi... March 16, 2015 Iran’s Human Rights Record Worsens as Talks with West Proceed: UN Official Iran has violated the rights of women, Christians and members of other religious groups and ethnic minorities on a massive scale, even as it seeks to negotiate with the West, according to a new U... March 16, 2015 One-time US Prisoner Now Key in Battling IS One of the key figures participating in the fight against the so-called Islamic State group in Iraq is a Shi’ite militant who less than a decade ago helped coordinate a brazen attack on U.S... March 16, 2015 Bombshell Report Alleges Argentina, Iran, and Venezuela Were Once All Bound Together Three former Venezuelan government officials who defected from Chavez's regime spoke to the Brazilian magazine Veja about this alleged alliance, which included a deal to get Argentina to rem... March 13, 2015 The Don Kroah Show FDD President Clifford May discusses his latest column for the Washington Times - "The Ayatollah in Winter."... March 13, 2015 Middle East Week Podcast FDD Senior Fellow David A. Weinberg discusses Saudi Arabian human rights and the future of its relationship with the U.S.... March 13, 2015 In Iran Nuclear Talks, It’s All in a Name ... But critics see the approach as a deliberate attempt to skirt the Senate, take it to the U.N. Security Council for a vote on lifting international sanctions, and then present it to the... March 13, 2015 U.S. “Has No Intention” Of Using United Nations To Cement Iran Deal ... Mark Dubowitz, head of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, was skeptical about the potential for potential U.N. route when BuzzFeed News reached him on Wednesday. &l... March 13, 2015 Atlantic Headline Blares ‘No Global Jihadist Movement,’ While Writer Asserts Otherwise ... An online editor for TheAtlantic.com spoiled a perfectly good article Wednesday, by writing a headline claiming that there is no worldwide movement of violent Islamist terrorism.... March 13, 2015 Obama’s Iran Scheme is Laid Bare ... That brings us to U.S. law. The U.N. resolutions don’t automatically become law, the administration was forced to concede. But under current U.S. sanctions law, the president can... March 13, 2015 ISIS Accepted a Pledge of Allegiance from Africa’s Deadliest Terror Group ... ISIS has a few foreign groups from which it has accepted pledges, including Ansar Bayt al-Maqdisi in the Egyptian Sinai and groups of fighters in strategic areas of Libya. ISIS has a s... March 12, 2015 The Mimi Geerges Show FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross discusses the Islamic State's international expansion.... March 12, 2015 Newsday FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross comments on the latest video released by the Islamic State. Listen here.... March 12, 2015 Obama’s Unilateral Actions Could Doom Iran Deal ... President Obama's plan to use executive actions and national security waivers to suspend sanctions on Iran are becoming the next battleground in his quest for a nuclear deal &mdas... March 12, 2015 Chad, Niger Launch Joint Offensive Against Boko Haram ... However, the official did not rule out the role money might have played in Boko Haram’s decision-making. “Boko would not turn down any funding or material support;... March 12, 2015 Turkish foreign minister: The Person Arrested for Helping 3 British Girls Join ISIS is a Spy ... As the conflict progressed, the fighters taking advantage of this loose border enforcement were more and more radical. ISIS currently controls about 40% of the 565-mile border with Syr... March 11, 2015 The Situation Room FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross discusses revelations from the bin Laden documents.... March 11, 2015 News FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on the Islamic State's global alliances.... March 11, 2015 Obama’s Failure ... More striking is Iran’s support for al Qaeda. Last week, for the first time in nearly three years, the public saw new information from the bin Laden raid. Documents released as p... March 11, 2015 Here Are the Most Likely Candidates to Replace Iran’s Ailing Supreme Leader ... There are a few plausible candidates, but none of them represents a major rupture with the current revolutionary clerical regime. "It is difficult to prophesy the outc... March 10, 2015 New Report Documents Saudi Rights Abuses That Harm U.S. Interests WASHINGTON – FDD Senior Fellow David Andrew Weinberg is the principal author of a new report outlining the dangerous consequences that could result if the United States continues to condone... March 10, 2015 Arab States Opposed the Palestinians’ U.N. Strategy ... The poor Palestinian diplomatic planning for the vote meant they had refused to wait another week until 2015, when the Security Council would have had new members more favorable to the... March 10, 2015 Happening Now FDD Executive Director Mark Dubowitz comments on Senators' letter to Iranian leaders on the Islamic Republic's enrichment program.... March 10, 2015 Future President Could Revoke Barack Obama’s Nuclear Deal with Iran, Republicans Warn ... Along with Senator McConnell, Republican signatories include Tom Cotton, Orrin Hatch, John Cornyn, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, John Thune and Mark Kirk. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand... March 10, 2015 Boko Haram’s ISIS Pledge Brings Jihadi Power Struggle To Africa ... Nigerian jihadi militia Boko Haram has declared itself a franchise of the Islamic State terror group, according to an audio statement from its leader that began circulating Saturday.... March 10, 2015 Jordan Expands Islamic State Bombing Raids Into Iraq After Pilot Burning Death ... Jordan is escalating its offensive as the coalition prepares to expand its air campaign in the months leading up to a large-scale military offensive to wrest from the Islamic S... March 10, 2015 Obama: GOP Wants To Ally With Iranian ‘Hardliners’ ... White House spokesman Josh Earnest suggested that the GOP is planning to ignite war with Iran’s anti-Western Islamic theocracy. ”The rush to war, or at least the rush to th... March 9, 2015 The Situation Room FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross comments on the new video of Jihadi John.... March 9, 2015 America’s News HQ FDD Vice President for Research Jonathan Schanzer discusses Boko Haram's pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State.... March 9, 2015 Nigeria’s Boko Haram Pledges Allegiance to Islamic State ... Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, agreed that if the pledge was real, Boko Haram most likely had some extra motivation.... March 9, 2015 Boko Haram’s Pledge Seen as Propaganda Coup for Islamic State ... Boko Haram’s attempt to set up an Islamic state in northern Nigeria appears to be failing, in a sign the group may have overreached militarily. It has lost control of scores of t... March 9, 2015 Iran Nuclear Deadline Likely to Slip ... But administration critics suspect the administration will try to buy more time for negotiations, and insist that the clock cannot be extended any further. “U.S.... March 9, 2015 Sources: bin Laden Docs Conflict with Obama’s Talk of Al Qaeda Demise ... To date, the public has seen only two dozen of the 1.5 million documents. The haul included hard drives, cell phones, thumb drives, handwritten materials, tapes, magazines, data cards,... March 9, 2015 Mornings on the Mall FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross identifies characteristics of future terrorist threats. Listen here.... March 6, 2015 Special Report with Bret Baier FDD Senior Fellow Ali Alfoneh discusses Iran's influence in the fight against the Islamic State.... March 6, 2015 Turkey’s Wall Street is in ‘Panic Mode’ ... On Thursday Citigroup announced that it would pull up and leave Turkey's second largest bank, selling its almost 10% stake Akbank TAS at an $800 million loss. That tells... March 5, 2015 Video Claims to Show Shi’ite Forces in Iraq Executing Sunni Boy ... While not yet independently confirmed, the brutal killing already has gotten the attention of Islamic State followers on social media. It threatens to worsen a sectarian divide that al... March 5, 2015 Quds Force Leader, Commanding Iraqi Forces Against ISIS, Alarms Washington ... Ali Alfoneh, an Iranian-born scholar at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, cast the involvement of the Quds Force in the ISIS conflict as reflecting a larger trend... March 5, 2015 Award Established to Honor Argentine Prosecutor Alberto Nisman The Foundation for Defense of Democracies announced on Thursday the creation of the Alberto Nisman Award for Courage in honor of the Argentine special prosecutor who was found d... March 5, 2015 Fact Check: The President’s Misleading Charge About Sanctions Relief ... The administration’s claim that it would provide $6 – $7 billion in relief only accounted for the direct relief provided by the relaxing of sanctions, rather than o... March 5, 2015 Top Iranian General Is Taking The Lead Against ISIS, Spreading Iranian Influence Across Middle East ... Qassem Suleimani is the commander of the Quds Force, a unit of the Revolutionary Guard designed to operate outside Iran’s borders. Pictures of Suleimani have been appearing in gr...

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