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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. ... May 26, 2015 The Michael Smerconish Program FDD VP for Research Jonathan Schanzer discusses the latest developments in Iraq. ... May 26, 2015 ISIS and the New ‘Army of Conquest’ in Syria Are Headed for a Showdown Two successive months and two stunning battlefield reversals for the embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad—one dealt him in the east by the so-called Islamic State, the other in the no... May 26, 2015 This Border Post Shows How Turkey’s ISIS Problem Keeps Getting Worse Pipes, ammonium nitrate, and other bomb-making materials are being transported across Turkey's border into Syria by agents of ISIS while Turkish border guards look the other way, Jamie Dettm... May 26, 2015 Obama Blames the Victim, Looks for Excuses on Iraq First, the president did it in an interview last week, asserting, “If the Iraqis themselves are not willing or capable to arrive at the political accommodations necessary to govern, if they... May 26, 2015 Canadians May Belong to Al-Qaida’s Highly Secretive Khorasan Faction, Intelligence Report Warns The day after the United States and its Arab allies launched airstrikes in Syria last September, President Barack Obama advised American lawmakers the targets had included “elements of al-Q... May 26, 2015 He’ll Tell You Where to Find Gaddafi’s Missing Billions—If He Gets His Cut In August 2014, Erik Iskander Goaied formed a company to locate what he claims is $150 billion or more in U.S. currency, gold, diamonds, and other assets. This is the loot that Libyan dictator Mu... May 26, 2015 Libyan Diplomat: Violence Likely If Peace Talks Fail Libya faces renewed violence if a June 17 deadline for the conclusion of peace talks next month doesn't unify the country, a move that's needed to help resolve the Mediterranean migrant... May 26, 2015 Secretary of Defense Ash Carter’s ISIS Gaffe is Even Worse Than You Think Most people take Memorial Day weekend as a time for beaches and family barbecues. US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter spent it being publicly, frighteningly wrong about a key front in America&#039... May 26, 2015 Human Rights Group: With Capture of Palmyra, ISIS Controls Half of Syria With the capture of the ancient city of Palmyra and the town of Al-Tanaf on the border with Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) now controls half of the territory in Syria, according... May 26, 2015 How Islamic State’s Win in Ramadi Reveals New Weapons, Tactical Sophistication and Prowess In late April, a commander for Islamic State said his forces were ready to launch an offensive to take Ramadi, and the group called for fighters to redeploy to Iraq from Syria. Three wee... May 22, 2015 Special Report with Bret Baier FDD Senior Counselor John Hannah comments on ISIS advances in Syria. ... May 22, 2015 Happening Now FDD Senior Fellow Thomas Joscelyn critiques the rollout of the Bin Laden documents. ... May 21, 2015 Special Report with Bret Baier FDD Senior Fellow Thomas Joscelyn discusses the Bin Laden documents. ... May 21, 2015 News FDD Chairman James Woolsey discusses the significance of the Bin Laden documents. ... May 21, 2015 HashtagVOA FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross discusses Michael Morell's new book and U.S. counterterrorism efforts. ... May 21, 2015 Happening Now FDD Senior Fellow Thomas Joscelyn comments on the importance of the Bin Laden documents. ... May 21, 2015 Opinion Journal Foundation for Defense of Democracies Senior Fellow Tom Joscelyn on the intelligence recovered from Osama bin Laden’s compound. ...

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