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September 25, 2013 News Update Following Hassan Rouhani's speech to the United Nations, FDD's Jonathan Schanzer weighs in on whether he thinks Iran's president is trying to be moderate.... September 25, 2013 The Schilling Show The Nairobi attack.... September 25, 2013 Terry Boyd’s World The Nairobi attack.... September 25, 2013 News The Nairobi attack.... September 25, 2013 Deadline Hassan Rouhani at the UN. Watch the interview here.... September 25, 2013 Drivetime The Westgate mall attack in Kenya. Listen to the program here.... September 25, 2013 Kenya Attack Unfolded in Up and Down Twitter Feeds As the deadly attack unfolded inside Kenya's Westgate mall, the militants who claimed responsibility for the spreading mayhem sent out tweet after tweet,... September 25, 2013 Five Reasons Not to Trust Iran on Nukes Iranian President Hassan Rohani -- who this week is attempting to charm the pants off the United Nations, President Barack Obama, world Jewry and Charlie Rose -- may succeed in convincing many pe... September 25, 2013 Rouhani Offers Milder Rhetoric Though No Concessions at UN New Iranian President Hassan Rohani took his bid to improve Iran’s image onto the world stage with a speech yesterday at the United Nati... September 25, 2013 Familiar Criticisms and Grievances from Iran’s New President Hours after snubbing President Obama by declining an informal “encounter” on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Iran’s “moderate” new president in... September 24, 2013 The O’Reilly Factor With new terrorist attacks in Kenya and Pakistan over the weekend, are moderate Muslims doing enough to speak out against extremism within their religion? FDD's Clifford May discusses.... September 24, 2013 Homegrown Terrorists: How al-Shabaab is Recruiting the Male Teen Next Door They are living among us. Young American men are being recruited into a gory life of violence and bloodshed by the terror group claiming to be responsible for this w... September 24, 2013 The Rob Breakenridge Show Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi.... September 24, 2013 Nothing But Truth Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi.... September 24, 2013 The John Batchelor Show Al Shabab's attack on the Westgate mall in Kenya and its alliance to al Qaeda. Listen to the program.... September 24, 2013 The John Batchelor Show Hasan Rouhani, Iran’s new president, is going to be in New York this week for the UN General Assembly meetings. Will there be a diplomatic breakthrough?... September 24, 2013 The Jon Justice Show The Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi.... September 24, 2013 How to Keep Obama From Folding on Iran? Secretary of State John Kerry is set to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif at the United Nations. Normally, conservative critics of the president would repeat standard objections:&... September 23, 2013 On Background The Islamist militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack at an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, that left scores dead. Who are they? Nia-Malika Henderson talks to Davee... September 23, 2013 News Al-Qaeda attacks in southern Yemen.... September 23, 2013 Secure Freedom Radio FDD's David Weinberg explains Saudi Arabia’s policy towards Syria, and Muslim Brotherhood “rebel” forces in Syria, Qatar, and the Middle East as a whole.... September 23, 2013 Up and At ‘Em with Jack & Ben Rumors of American involvement in the Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi.... September 23, 2013 The Mike Rosen Show Putin, Russia and Syria.... September 23, 2013 Encounter FDD's Emanuele Ottolenghi tells VOA that by denying it is responsible for launching the chemical weapons attack, the Assad regime is merely "playing for time."... September 23, 2013 Airtalk A reported 68 people have died in a terrorist attack in Kenya this weekend. A group of masked gunmen stormed into a crowded shopping center in Nairobi and started shooting. The strike on Westgate... September 23, 2013 The John Batchelor Show With Russia on his side, Syria’s President Bashar Assad has now agreed to sign on to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which is meant to eliminate chemical weapons from the world once... September 23, 2013 Simi Sara Show The Nairobi attack.... September 23, 2013 The Don Krough Show The al Shabab attack in Nairobi, Kenya.... September 23, 2013 News Update Ahead of this week's United Nations General Assembly meetings, FDD's Clifford May discusses the possibility of Syria handing over its chemical weapons.... September 23, 2013 News Update FDD's Dawit Giorgis discusses why al Shabab attacked a mall in Nairobi, Kenya.... September 23, 2013 The Shadow Commander Last February, some of Iran’s most influential leaders gathered at the Amir al-Momenin Mosque, in northeast Tehran, inside a gated community reserved for officers of the Revolutionary Guard... September 23, 2013 Analysis: Kenya Attack a Shift for Somali Rebels? The White House is under pressure to ramp up counterterrorism action against al-Shabab in Somalia following the al-Qaida-linked group's deadly attack on an upscale Kenyan shopping mall that... September 23, 2013 Nairobi Mall Attack Signals the Rise of al-Shabaab Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia has suffered major setbacks in that country in the last year and a half. Saturday’s horrific attack on an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Ken... September 23, 2013 Report: Hezbollah Armed with Syria’s Chemical Weapons The terror group Hezbollah has assumed control of at least a portion of Syria’s chemical weapons cache, according to a Syrian military commander, multiple lawmakers, and rebel leaders.... September 20, 2013 The Brett Winterble Show Zawahiri's new general guidelines for jihad.... September 20, 2013 World Have Your Say FDD's Mark Dubowitz joins a discussion on Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, and indications that he may be warming to negotiations with the West over the country's nuclear program... September 20, 2013 Analyst: Turkey Risks “Grave Consequences” Under U.S. Law for Sheltering Top Hamas Terrorist An expose published yesterday in Foreign Policy by Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, outlines Turkish support for the Palestinian terror... September 20, 2013 Young Militants Ready to Die, Eager to Kill Abdul Wali Fadaei is proud of his family history. His father died when he drove an explosives-laden car into the capital's upscale Hotel Inter-Continental in 2011, a brazen attack that... September 20, 2013 President Hassan Rouhani Warns Opportunity for Talks is Brief In an opinion piece published in the Washington Post on Thursday in advance of the UN General Assembly annual meeting next week, the centrist cleric said nations needed to seek "win-win outcomes"... September 19, 2013 Rohani Display of Moderation Draws Praise Amid Questions After eight years of bellicose rhetoric from his predecessor, Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s smiling face is prompting a debate about whether his outreach is a promise or a ploy.... September 18, 2013 The John Batchelor Show Syria, it's chemical weapons, and extremists among the rebels. Listen to the program here.... September 17, 2013 Nothing But Truth Navy Yard shooting.... September 17, 2013 Iranian Offer of Deal on Nuclear Program Met by Doubts Iran’s offer to negotiate a deal on its suspected nuclear weapons program with the International Atomic Energy... September 17, 2013 Al Qaeda Leader Urges Restraint in First ‘Guidelines for Jihad’ Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has issued his first specific guidelines for jihad, urging restraint in attacking other Muslim sects and non-Muslims and in starting conflicts in countries where... September 17, 2013 Just How Extremist Are the Rebels in Syria? Nearly half of the rebel forces battling to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are jihadist or hardline Islamists, a British defense consultancy has warned its private clients, thus contradict... September 17, 2013 Christians and Syria The relationship between Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his country’s Christian minority is far more complex than the portrait drawn by Assad allies and opponents of a U.S. military in... September 16, 2013 News Update FDD's Emanuele Ottolenghi discusses the deal struck between the US and Russia to remove Syria's chemical weapons.... September 16, 2013 The John Batchelor Show The situation in Syria, Turkey's position in the Middle East and Hamas's backing from Gulf states.... September 16, 2013 The Jon Justice Show The US's botched Syria diplomacy.... September 16, 2013 The Arena FDD's Ali Alfoneh discusses the current state of Syria and the Middle East....

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