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February 26, 2015 New Day FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on the identification of Jihadi John as a British national.... February 26, 2015 New Day FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on the challenges of tracking potential terrorists.... February 26, 2015 CTV News FDD Senior Fellow Thomas Joscelyn on why Westerners are attracted to the Islamic State.... February 26, 2015 The Morning Briefing with Tim Farley FDD Research Analyst Behnam Ben Taleblu discusses the upcoming deadline of the Iran nuclear talks.... February 26, 2015 The John Batchelor Show FDD Senior Fellow Bill Roggio talks with John Batchelor about the situation in Yemen.... February 26, 2015 Garrison FDD Freedom Scholar Michael Ledeen on what might be included in a potential Iran nuclear deal.... February 26, 2015 Opinion Journal FDD Deputy Director of Research Oren Kessler on what motivates young Muslim men to join the Islamic State.... February 26, 2015 Qatar Emir to Meet Obama Amid Accusations of Religious Incitement ... However, an opinion piece published on Monday in Politico magazine accused Qatar of fomenting sectarian hate in the region. “Qatar is a major source of hateful r... February 26, 2015 Iran Hangs Obama in Effigy Even as it Negotiates Nuclear Deal with US ... The U.S. and other superpowers want to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb. Iran says its nuclear intentions are peaceful, a claim that experts dismiss. “Th... February 26, 2015 We Still Need U.S. Bases in Afghanistan ... Of course, the pace of drone strikes and raids in the Pashtun areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, historically used by al-Qaeda and affiliates, can and should decline. Indeed, a... February 26, 2015 The US Caught Two Members of Iran’s Lebanese Proxy Running an Amusement Park in Nigeria ... The Fawazes were charged in Nigeria over their Hezbollah connections in 2013. While their businesses are still operating, it took the US Treasury nearly 2 years to sanction them.... February 26, 2015 Janus-Faced Ally Meets Obama ... Several Washington think tanks over the last year have taken the Qatari government to task for failing to stanch the flow of its wealthy citizens’ private donations to radical gr... February 26, 2015 Islamic State Having Significant but Limited Impact in Libya ... Some analysts likewise have been cautious in describing Islamic State’s progress in Libya. “The extent of their gains is being overblown,” said Thoma... February 25, 2015 Anderson Cooper 360 FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on the capabilities of al-Shabaab.... February 25, 2015 Newsroom FDD VP for Research Jonathan Schanzer discusses the recent judgment made against the PA and PLO.... February 25, 2015 Gazprom Seeks U.S. Stamp of Approval as Sanctions Warnings Rise ... Russia has repeatedly denied involvement in the conflict that has killed more than 5,600 people and sent its ties with the EU and the U.S. to the lowest point since the end of the Cold... February 25, 2015 Israeli Settlement Tenders Reach 10-Year High ... The figures for Israeli settlement construction have continued to rise despite U.S. criticism of the continued issuance of tenders. Washington last month described the latest batch of... February 24, 2015 PA and PLO Found Liable to Compensate American Victims of Terror; Future of PA Left Shaky ... Though this is a win for the victims’ and their families, many speculate that the defendants will most certainly appeal the verdict. Darshan Leitner, for one, knows the w... February 24, 2015 Exclusive: Iran Smuggles in $1 Billion of Bank Notes to Skirt Sanctions – Sources ... A report last year by the U.N. Security Council's Panel of Experts on Iran said Iran had used cash and money changers to help get around banking restrictions. "The Panel... February 24, 2015 Palestinian Authorities Fined After Conviction on Terror Charge The Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian Authority were last night ordered to pay more than $218 million after a landmark US court ruling found them guilty of providing material... February 24, 2015 Reports: ISIS Abducted More Than 70 Assyrian Christians in Syria ... Last week, ISIS terrorists released a video showing the beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians, prompting retaliatory airstrikes from Egypt against ISIS positions. This pa... February 24, 2015 Turkey’s “Cold War” With ISIS May Be Warming ... For much of Syria’s civil war, Turkey turned a blind eye to extremists passing through its borders, including foreign jihadis, hoping these fighters would help to speed the downf... February 23, 2015 CTV News FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on recent threats from al-Shabaab.... February 23, 2015 Try Not to Think of Jihad ... By “choosing not to emphasize,” Zakaria means “falsely denying.” And while it is always a good idea to avoid giving gratuitous offense, it is unclear that Ameri... February 23, 2015 Our Failure to Communicate: ISIS’ Message Resonates Online; America’s Does Not ... But, lest we throw up our hands, the world doesn’t necessarily confront an unstoppable Leviathan. For sure, social media is important for ISIS, which is at war w... February 23, 2015 ISIS is Losing ... Though there have been some reports of ISIS advances in western Syria, "the territories they have gained are meaningless [or] they didn't get to keep them," Abbas explains.... February 23, 2015 Obama Won’t Meet Netanyahu, but He’s Meeting With the Head of This Jihadist-Supporting Country ... The Daily Beast reported that a Qatari government ministry promoted the preacher’s remarks on Twitter, and it was broadcast on the official state channel Qatar TV.... February 23, 2015 Could ISIS’ Foray into North Africa Draw Another Western Intervention in Libya? ... While the international community and Arab states oppose the Houthi coup, the Shi’ite group has been given a free hand, which has allowed Iran to impose its will on the country,... February 23, 2015 Hillary’s Cowardice in Face of Looming Iran Debacle ... There are glaring deficiencies with both suggestions. For starters, since the administration has permitted Iranian stonewalling of the IAEA there is no effective means of insp... February 23, 2015 Leader of Anti-Proliferation Org Changes Tune on Preventing Iran Nukes ... Nuclear experts criticized Cirincione’s change of heart. “Joseph Cirincione was right in 2005 when he said that we cannot leave Iran ‘a screwdriver&r... February 23, 2015 Giving Iran Everything It Wants ... So Iran gets everything and we put the good seal of approval on it. This is even more absurd when one considers how ephemeral the inspections “safeguard” would be, since Ir... February 23, 2015 The Palestine 194 Plan for Legitimacy and Justice ... With Yasser Arafat's death in 2004, Mahmoud Abbas assumed the mantle of leadership and met with President Da Silva of Brazil in 2005 where they laid the groundwork for Latin Ameri... February 23, 2015 A US Federal Court Just Ordered the Palestinian Authority to Pay $218 Million in Damages ... Today's decision exposes the PA's legal vulnerabilities over its members' and constituent groups' connection to terrorism against Israelis. This ruling, alo... February 20, 2015 The Sid Rosenberg Show FDD Research Fellow Benjamin Weinthal talks with Sid Rosenberg about the latest in foreign policy, including Netanyahu's upcoming speech to Congress.... February 20, 2015 CTV News FDD Senior Fellow Thomas Joscelyn on the battle between the Islamic State and Al Qaeda in Libya.... February 20, 2015 Turkey ‘Created a Monster and Doesn’t Know How to Deal With It’ ... The November report "Bordering on Terrorism: Turkey’s Syria Policy and the Rise of the Islamic State" details Turkey's apparent willingness to allow extremists — inclu... February 20, 2015 Pour les Juifs européens, l’antisémitisme s’aggrave ... « Cet antisémitisme classique, que l’on observait entre 1933 et 1945 en Allemagne, n’est pas très répandu », nuance toutefois Benja... February 20, 2015 Obama Blew it on Syria, By His Own Admission (Sort Of) ... It’s not like Obama didn’t get good advice on Syria years ago. “A few years ago, the president’s top advisers were recommending that he support the mode... February 20, 2015 Friend and Foe in Syria ... The evidence that the Israelis have no such immediate concerns regarding the Sunni rebels fighting against the Assad regime is that this was the first time Israel targeted the region a... February 20, 2015 How Would We Ever Verify a Deal with Iran? ... Mark Dubowitz rhetorically asks: “Who negotiates by letting Iran win massive concessions without requiring it to answer IAEA questions about weaponization?” Stonewa... February 19, 2015 Jerusalem Diaries with Judy Lash Balint FDD Vice President for Research Jonathan Schanzer explains how the Hamas/Fatah conflict contributes to Mideast instability.... February 19, 2015 CNN Tonight FDD Chairman James Woolsey on President Obama's recent comments on violent extremism at the CVE Summit.... February 19, 2015 Garrison FDD Freedom Scholar Michael Ledeen discusses recent threats made by the Islamic State towards European cities.... February 19, 2015 The John Batchelor Show FDD Freedom Scholar Michael Ledeen discusses his recent piece in the Wall Street Journal, "A Chance for Italy to Distinguish Itself."... February 19, 2015 McIntyre in the Morning FDD Senior Fellow David Weinberg discusses recent absurd claims made by a Saudi cleric. Listen to the full hour below.... February 19, 2015 To the Point FDD President Clifford May discusses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming speech to Congress.... February 19, 2015 CBN News FDD President Clifford May responds to President Obama's comments at the White House CVE summit.... February 19, 2015 An American Ally’s Grand Mosque of Hate ... Al Ateeq, who was on his sixth visit to the state-supervised Grand Mosque since 2013, reserved his most bellicose remarks for the part of the sermon called the du’aa, when the pr... February 19, 2015 Foundation for Defense of Democracies Names Award for Nisman ... The Foundation for Defense of Democracies named an honor for Alberto Nisman, the Argentinian prosecutor who investigated the 1994 AMIA bombing. &ldquo... February 19, 2015 How Many Fighters Does ISIS Have? ... The CIA’s first estimate was around 10,000 to 20,000 fighters, but recent reports suggest that the number has quadrupled. Russia put the number closer to 70,000, but estimates fr...

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