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June 12, 2012 Not A Silver Drone… All this recent reporting on drones and robots might lead one to think the U.S. is nearing the sweet spot, where remote-control war clicks firmly from science fiction to reality. Not so fast... June 12, 2012 China Is Excluded From Waivers for Oil Trade With Iran WASHINGTON — Less than three weeks before stringent American sanctions intended to reduce... June 12, 2012 US Exempts Seven Countries that Consume Iran Oil From Sanctions WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced Monday that it had exempted seven countries that are major consumers of Iranian oil from threatened U.S. sanctions aimed at punishing Tehran... June 12, 2012 US Exempts India, South Korea From Iran Oil Sanctions No U.S. Definition President Barack Obama’s administration hasn’t defined what constitutes a significant reduction, and three U.S. officials said they were w... June 8, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Palestinian corruption and internal issues regarding Hamas and Fatah. Listen to the program here.... June 8, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Developments in Syria. Listen to the program here.... June 7, 2012 News Update Developments in Syria and Russia's policy.... June 7, 2012 News Update Developments in Syria and Russia's policy.... June 7, 2012 Drone Strike Killed No. 2 in Al Qaeda, US Officials Say A Central Intelligence Agency drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal belt killed... June 7, 2012 US Drone War Threatens to Fan Instability The Obama administration has stepped up its drone campaign in Pakistan and Yemen in a bid to cripple al Qaeda once and for all. Analysts are concerned that the loss of civilian life... June 7, 2012 In Attempt to Garner Votes, Obama is Ignoring the Palestinians Tuesday evening, it seemed like deja vu, when U.S. President Obama "dropped by" a meeting at the White House between his chief of staff, Jacob Lew, and a group of Orthodox Jewish leaders. Obama "... June 7, 2012 CBS Evening News A U.S. official has confirmed that al Qaeda deputy leader Abu Yahya al-Libi was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan. Bob Orr reports on who al-Libi was and the significance of his death.... June 7, 2012 US Offers Millions in Bounty for Top Somali Militants The United States is offering rewards of up to $7 million for information leading to the location of seven key leaders of... June 7, 2012 To Act or Not in Syria? Cliff May of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies writes in response to some conservat... June 7, 2012 Newsday The developments and reaction to the recent drone attacks in Pakistan and Leon Panetta’s comments about the need to continue these despite the impact on relations between the two countries.... June 6, 2012 Inside Story As the US confirms killing another key al-Qaeda target, al Jazeera asks if its reliance on drone strikes can be justified. FDD's Cliff May, the New York Times' Scott Shane, and former CIA... June 6, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Intrigue in Karzai family as an Afghan era closes. Listen to the program here.... June 6, 2012 Palestinians: US Refugee Bill May Delay Peace Palestinian advocates are warning that a new US Senate amendment dictating a reporting requirement on the issue of Palestinian refugees could set back efforts to reach a peace deal. The... June 6, 2012 Palestinians Blackmail Washington Over True Refugee Numbers The Palestinians are blackmailing Washington, claiming that a new amendment to a bill befo... June 4, 2012 America’s Newsroom FDD's Tony Badran comments on breaking news from Libya and the ongoing crisis in Syria.... June 4, 2012 El Informativo Jonathan Schanzer, especialista en Oriente Próximo, habló con NTN24 sobre condena impuesta a Hosni Mubarak y aseguró que el fallo es hasta ahora el comienzo de un largo proce... June 4, 2012 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Drones Everyone is talking about drones. Also known as Unmanned Arial Vehicles, or UAVs, remote-piloted aircrafts have become a... June 4, 2012 Doctor Who Help in Bin Laden Hunt Convicted A Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. search for Osama bin Laden was sentenced to 33 years in jail for conspiring with militants rather than assisting the CIA track down the al-Qaeda leader, acc... June 1, 2012 Request to Define What is a Palestinian Refugee Creates Big Diplomatic Complication for US A simple congressional request for the United States to distinguish between Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict and millions of their descendants poses a high-stakes diplomat... June 1, 2012 What is a UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees Doing in DC? The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is now in the congressional spotlight. The amendment authored by Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) shone a spotlight on UNRWA’s definit... May 31, 2012 NewsWatch FDD's Cliff May explains how the media has under-reported the threat from Iran.... May 31, 2012 Rutherford Syria after the Houla massacre.... May 31, 2012 Good Evening, Brussels! Syria after the Houla massacre.... May 31, 2012 News Update Syria after the Houla massacre.... May 31, 2012 US Treasury Sanctions Syrian International Islamic Bank The U.S. strengthened efforts to restrict the Syrian government’s access to international capital by adding another bank to the list of those facing sanctions. The U.S. designated... May 29, 2012 News Update The continued violence in Syria and inaction by the West.... May 29, 2012 News Update Was 'Bin Laden doctor' Shakil Afridi an unsuspecting pawn?... May 29, 2012 Up All Night Developments in Syria.... May 29, 2012 News Update Egypt's presidential elections.... May 29, 2012 A Drive in the Country with Joe Weber The Palestinian refugee controversy.... May 29, 2012 The Weekly Wrap — May 25, 2012 How to incentivize bad behavior for the greater good: Last year, Mark Dubowitz, a Washington-based advocate of regime change in Iran, was mulling a conundrum with a colleague -- how to cla... May 29, 2012 US Troops Winning War Against IEDs of Taliban The U.S. military is on a path toward significantly fewer battlefield deaths in Afghanistan this year because it has become b... May 29, 2012 Assad May Hold on After All The Post reports: “The United States and several other Western nations... May 29, 2012 41 Reported Dead in Hama; Annan: Houla Massacre ‘Appalling’ Security forces killed 41 people in the flashpoint city of Hama, activists said Monday, after the United Nations envoy to Syria slammed the killing of more than 100 people in a nearby city as an... May 25, 2012 OutFront FDD's Reuel Marc Gerecht discusses the negotiations with Iran and their nuclear program.... May 25, 2012 After More Iranian Stalling, What’s Next? It’s hard to take the administration seriously on Iran when it continually reveals how little it understands the Iranian regime and how absence is any sense of urgency. The... May 25, 2012 US Senate Dramatically Scales Down Definition of Palestinian ‘Refugees’ The US Senate approved language Thursday night that could shrink the number of Palestinian refugees recognized by the United States from 5 million to about 30,000. An amendment to a bill... May 25, 2012 ‘Jihad Central’ in Syria With the 15-month old demonstrations in Syria spiraling into civil war, the mounting death toll has topped 10,000. Accompanying the chaos on the ground is a sharp increase in suicide bombings sin... May 25, 2012 State Department Lists Abdallah Azzam Brigades As Terror Organization The U.S. State Department said Thursday it designated the Abdallah Azzam Brigades, or AAB, as a foreign terrorist organization. AAB, based in both Lebanon and the Arabian Peninsula, is r... May 24, 2012 Good Evening, Brussels! Syria and NATO.... May 24, 2012 The Jim Bohannon Show The presidential election in Egypt, the broader Arab Spring, and negotiations with Iran.... May 24, 2012 Happening Now FDD's Mark Dubowitz joins General Jack Keane to discuss the latest round of negotiations with Iran and their chances of success.... May 24, 2012 UN Indian Land Claims Hatched on Campus The story made headlines abroad last week, but for some reason not so big a splash in the U.S. itself. “US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations,” blared Bri... May 24, 2012 Senate Fight Today Over Palestinian ‘Refugees’ Thirty U.S. senators will vote today over whether there really are 5 million Palestinian "refugees" or just ar... May 23, 2012 Crane Durham’s Nothing But Truth President Obama's Nato summit remarks regarding Afghanistan, the agreement on missile defense, and Iran policy....

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