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January 21, 2015
President Obama’s State of the Union Reflects ‘Strong’ America
... The negotiations, which have passed their deadline for an agreement several times in the last months, have been the symbol of progress in long-suspended relations between Washington an...
January 21, 2015
Unanimity at Last: Obama is Delusional on Foreign Policy
... Mark Dubowitz of Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a sanctions expert, said without equivocation: “The interim agreement has not ‘frozen’ or ‘halte...
January 21, 2015
Obama Releases Convicted Terrorist al-Marri
... Long War Journal reports that the Obama administration has released Ali Saleh Kah...
January 21, 2015
Obama-Freed Al Qaeda Terrorist Welcomed Home as Hero in Qatar
... The Long War Journal has written an extensive report on Ali Saleh Kahlah al Marri, the for...
January 20, 2015
Iran Promises ‘Crushing Response’ to Israeli Strike
... Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran expert and researcher for FDD, told the Free Beacon that Iran is expected to boost its presence in Syria and increase its support for Hezbollah....
January 20, 2015
Russian Defense Minister in Iran for Arms Pact Talks
... “Iran gets a lot of military advice and missile equipment from the Russians,” said Michael Ledeen, an Iran expert and former consultant to the National Security Cou...
January 19, 2015
Tensions Between Israel And Hezbollah Are At A Boiling Point
... The precision of the latest strike implies that the Israelis have likely still penetrated Hezbollah, in spite of Shawraba's discovery. And the attack is a continuation of a long-s...
January 19, 2015
US Spies Expected Airline Bombs–And Got The Paris Attacks Instead
... "In some quarters there's skepticism that [Paris attack] was AQAP because analysts expected that AQAP would launch an attack against aviation, rather than this kind of t...
January 19, 2015
Obama Sets Fight Over Iran Sanctions
... “It’s very unusual for a head of state to acknowledge lobbying the U.S. Congress,” said Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,...
January 19, 2015
Israeli Strike in Syria Hits Convoy, Killing Hezbollah Commander
... The attack that killed the younger Mughniyeh comes nearly a year after Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, observed that “[t]he...
January 16, 2015
White House Support of Muslim Brotherhood Leaves Some in Middle East Puzzled
... Qatar, in particular, relies heavily on the protection afforded its autocratic regime by the presence of the massive U.S. Al Udeid airbase on its soil. Regional expert Jonathan...
January 16, 2015
Belgium Police Foil ‘Major Attack,’ Killing Two Terror Suspects
... He did point out, though, that these sorts of attacks are the sort that European member states may be confronted with as more and more European fighters in Syria return home....
January 16, 2015
Authorities Focus on Threat of ‘Wolf Pack’ Attackers
... Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a senior fellow at the conservative think tank Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said to expect copy-cat attacks after the killings in Paris....
January 16, 2015
Obama Warns Congress Against New Sanctions on Iran
... Senators Kirk and Menendez say the fact their bill’s sanctions would only take effect if Iran fails to reach a deal in June is proof the legislation aims to enhance the prospects...
January 15, 2015
Yemen Branch of Al Qaeda Says it Planned Paris Attack
... Western intelligence officials have struggled to unravel the plot in part because of the violent three-way power struggle that has convulsed Yemen in recent months. In...
January 15, 2015
Did Obama’s Inaction in Yemen Lead to Paris?
... Much as ISIL has rallied Sunnis to a sectarian fight against Shiites, AQAP has used the rise of the Houthis — who observe an offshoot of Shiism — to appeal to their Sunni b...
January 15, 2015
Obama’s ‘Lone Wolf’ Focus Misguided as Terrorist Threat Expands, Critics Say
... In recent years, Mr. Obama and his advisers increasingly have placed their focus on “lone wolf” actors inspired by radical Islamist ideology but working outside known terro...
January 15, 2015
A Better Way to Patrol the Middle East
... In late August 1987, we had plans to totally shut down Iran, but could not get authority to execute them. This was a tragic political mistake. In a Jan. 5 article, John Hannah...
January 15, 2015
Al Qaeda Is Back In A Big Way
... "From Al Qaeda Central's perspective, AQAP is sort of the special branch and the one most capable of mounting outside attacks," Brookings Institution fellow Will McCants told Busi...
December 22, 2014
A 24-Year-Old Executive Created An Alarming New Model For Online Jihadists
... Until a week ago, the most influential English-speaking Jihadist on social media was Shami Witness, a Twitter account with 17,000 followers — a group that included scores of west...
December 19, 2014
Nonstop Appeasement
... We believe that the president, whatever his ideological disposition, ought to be an unapologetic defender of America when she is smeared or slandered. At a bare minimum, a president ou...
December 18, 2014
Terror-Free for Years, Australia Confronts Extremists
... Australian Islamic radicals have been recruiting militants among Australia's small Muslim community, and several have risen to prominence in Iraq's and Syria's w...
December 17, 2014
Hamas Delegation in Tehran Seeks to Deepen Ties with Iran, Syria
Hamas is seeking to mend ties with Syria and Iran according to policy brief written Thursday by Ali Alfoneh, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Alfoneh ...
December 17, 2014
With Sanctions Relief Looming, Iran Prepares to Open for Business
... Aside from the erosion of economic sanctions due to the nuclear negotiations, Iran has actively circumvented other sanctions that were designed to deter Tehran from developing...
December 17, 2014
Doubts Emerge Over EU Court’s Justification for Annulment of Hamas Terror Designation
The decision of the European Union General Court to annul the designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization has raised concerns that the Palestinian Islamist group will exploit any legal ambig...
December 16, 2014
Qatar ‘Broke Promise to US Over Guantanamo Detainee’
Qatar broke an "explicit" promise by allowing a former Guantánamo detainee who had trained with al-Qaeda to leave the country and visit Britain, a new report has found. Jarallah a...
December 16, 2014
Report: Qatar Serves as ‘ATM for Terrorists’
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) in a recent report authored by David Weinberg, a senior FDD fellow, reveals: Individuals taking advantage of Qat...
December 16, 2014
Sydney Hostage Taker Man Haron Monis Pledged Allegiance to ISIS on His Website
It's still not yet clear why Sydney hostage taker Man Haron Monis held up the Lindt cafe, an act that ultimately claimed three lives, including his own. But we're starting to le...
December 12, 2014
In-depth report reveals Qatar’s willful blindness to financing of global terrorist groups
A report released this week demonstrates how Qatar plays a double game with the West – funding terrorist groups throughout the region while acting like an ally and responsible player on the...
December 12, 2014
Can Congress stop a rotten Iran deal?
Mark Dubowitz, the sanctions guru at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, writes:...
December 10, 2014
Qatar Allows Money to Flow to ISIS, Other Terrorists: Report
The government of Qatar continues to willfully turn a blind eye to individuals channeling money to al Qaeda-affiliated groups across the Middle East and to Islamic State extremists in Syr...
December 10, 2014
Hamas, Iran Rebuilding Military Ties in Tehran
... Key Hamas leaders held meetings with top Iranian lawmakers and officials in a bid to repair “historic relations” with Tehran, according to Hamas officials quoted in the Ira...
December 10, 2014
U.S. Ally Qatar Shelters Jihadi Moneymen
WASHINGTON, D.C.—It has been dubbed the most two-faced nation in the world, backing the U.S.-led coalition against the militants of the Islamic State while providing a permissive environmen...
December 10, 2014
Presence of Qods Force Commander in Iraq Signals Worrying Rise of Iranian Power in Middle East
... The recent presence in Iraq of Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s terrorism-supporting Qods Force and one of the most powerful individuals in the Islamic Republic, indicates an...
December 10, 2014
Ireland to Accept Motion to Recognize Palestinian State
... “The predominate perception in Europe still blames Israel for the lack of progress for peace, not the Palestinians,” Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foun...
December 9, 2014
Our World: Iran’s no China
... As the Americans have engaged in obsessive-compulsive nuclear negotiations with Iran, the Iranians have divided their attention between nuclear development and regional expansion. In S...
December 8, 2014
Iran Talks Likely to Figure in Any Hillary Clinton 2016 Bid
... Hillary Clinton has distanced herself from the Obama administration’s increasingly unpopular handling of international issues, including Syria and Russia. The former sec...
December 8, 2014
Israel Strikes Against Syria May Be Linked to Iranian Activity
... Tony Badran, a columnist for the Beirut-based website NOW Lebanon and a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told the Post that striking a target in Di...
December 5, 2014
Pro-Palestinian Group Lectured On Skirting Terror Laws
... The conference was attended by a number of prominent activists, academics, and others who represent the mainstream of the pro-Palestinian movement in the United States. Ahmad encourage...
December 4, 2014
Israel is the Latest Target for China’s ‘Panda Diplomacy’
... Perhaps even tougher may be Beijing's friendly relationship with Iran and its support for Tehran at the United Nations. That support has been tempered in the past few years (after...
December 4, 2014
Lawmakers Seeking Veto-Proof Passage of Iran Sanctions Measure
... If passed, the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act would allow the White House to bar U.S.-based banks from maintaining correspondent and payable-through accounts for foreign financial instit...
December 3, 2014
Jihadist Training Camps Expand Across Syria and Iraq
A report from the Long War Journal has identified dozens of training camps...
December 3, 2014
Rand Paul vs. Israel, Again
... Mark Dubowitz, sanctions guru at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, is fed up with the scare-mongering over new sanctions. “Instead of playing into the Iranian tr...
December 2, 2014
ISIS Wannabes Claim They Killed an American in Egypt
... In January, the group rocked Egypt’s capital with four blasts —the biggest targeting the city’s police headquarters in the deadliest explosion to hit Cairo in living...
December 2, 2014
Iran-Backed Hackers Target Airports, Carriers: Report
... The report provides a breakdown of the skills of particular hackers identified by their nicknames, a level of detail similar to that in a report last year by the security firm Mandiant...
December 2, 2014
Palestinians’ Unity Government Falters, Status Quo Endures
... The Jerusalem Post reports that “the unity government established with Fatah over the summer has ended. The unity government’s six-month term has expired, Hamas spokesman S...
December 2, 2014
Echoing European Frustration With Stalled Peace Talks, France Votes for Palestinian Statehood
... Nevertheless with peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians stalled since last spring, European leaders have increasingly become impatient. “The predominat...
December 1, 2014
Congress Should End Obama’s Dangerous Charade With Iran
... On top of building leverage through gains to its nuclear program, Iran gains leverage as its economy improves due to the generous sanctions relief granted to the regime just for showin...
December 1, 2014
AP Accused of Bias Against Israel
... Jonathan Schanzer, a Middle East expert and vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), said that reporters often find themselves in over th...
November 28, 2014
How a French Truck Driver Became a Target of the U.S. Air War in Syria
... Daveed Gartenstein Ross, an intelligence and terrorism expert for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an assistant professor at Georgetown University in Washington, has clo...
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