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February 12, 2015 Secret Iranian Unit Fueling Mideast Bloodshed With Illicit Arms Shipments ... In fact, the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned front companies used by the Quds Force’s Unit 190 to transport weapons to Hezbollah, and other terrorist groups in the Middle East in di... February 12, 2015 Foreign Recruits Are Islamic State’s Cannon Fodder ... Aspiring jihadists looking to join the Islamic State army are often lured to the front lines with promises of changing the course of history and reclaiming a lost Islamic empire.... February 11, 2015 Putin In Egypt: Hero’s Welcome A ‘Slap In The Face’ For Washington ... These high profile efforts along with the hero’s reception that greeted Putin on arrival Monday are a “slap in the face” to Washington, said Oren Kessler, the... February 11, 2015 Iran Is Ready to Take Over Iraq’s Troops ... “None of this comes as a surprise,” said Mark Dubowitz of the agreement and Iran’s expanding military role in Iraq. Dubowitz leads the Iran sanctions and nonp... February 11, 2015 Amid Political Instability, US Closes Its Embassy in Yemen ... The embassy closure will also complicate the CIA's operations in Yemen, U.S. intelligence officials acknowledge. Although CIA officers could continue to work out of U.S. military... February 10, 2015 Iran’s New U.N. Ambassador Urged ‘Resistance to Israel’ ... While Khoshroo is not often quoted in public, his anti-Israel rhetoric aligns with the views of top Iranian leaders, such as Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who is the lead n... February 10, 2015 An Ancillary Reason Why Hate-Speech and Hate-Crime Laws Are a Terrible Idea ... They don’t work — shockingly. American conservatives generally oppose laws restricting hateful speech, or raising penalties for crimes that are motivated by hate for a part... February 10, 2015 German Court Rules that Firebomb of Synagogue Was Not Motivated by Anti-Semitism ... A German court ruled last week that an firebomb attack on a synagogue in the city of Wuppertal in July was motivated by a desire to bring “attention to the Gaza conflict,... February 9, 2015 Yemen Falls to Iran in Regional Proxy War ... David Andrew Weinberg, a specialist on Gulf affairs and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told the Post that the Gulf monarchies are terrified about... February 9, 2015 The Fall of Yemen’s Government is a Huge Problem for Saudi Arabia ... Even so, the Saudis are under little illusion as to what the Houthi dissolution of the Yemini government means in the larger sense. They are likely to view regime change in Yemen as a... February 9, 2015 Doubts About ISIS Claim That Airstrike Killed Kayla Mueller ... The Islamist militants released no video to back up its claim Friday, only photos showing a flattened building. U.S. officials were trying to verify the claim that 26-year-old aid work... February 6, 2015 Fledgeling Gaza ISIS Groups Operate Under Watchful Eye of Hamas ... Grant Rumley, researcher of Palestinian and Jordanian politics at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) is also doubtful of ISIS’s position in Gaza: “Some... February 5, 2015 Iran: The ‘Americans Are Begging Us for a Deal’ ... Regional experts say that the Iranians feel that they are in a position of power in the talks and believe that the Obama administration is desperate to ink a deal. &ld... February 5, 2015 West Bank Gun Battle Exposes Growing Resentment Towards Palestinian Authority ... Grant Rumley, an expert in Palestinian politics at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington points out that there is a growing gap between the younger and older... February 4, 2015 Beyond Sanctions and Kerfuffles, the Iran Deal Netanyahu Wants to Avoid ... Netanyahu believes that Iran should not enrich its uranium and instead should rely on imported uranium for any civilian nuclear program it maintains. The November 2013 Joint P... February 4, 2015 New Video Overshadows IS Obsession With Kobani, Possible Flaws ... Photos and video of Jordanian Air Force pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive at the hands of his Islamic State captors had U.S. officials searching for words, trying to describe... February 4, 2015 Palestinians Look to Exiled Mohammad Dahlan for Abbas Successor ... At 53, Mr Dahlan is young by the standards of Fatah’s ageing leadership. He is said to have the backing of the UAE and Egypt — two of the Arab countries leading the fight a... February 4, 2015 ISIS Snuff Films’ Sleight Of Hand ... This wouldn’t be the first time ISIS has tried to create the illusion that its hostages might still be alive, and that the group might be open to negotiating for their release. I... February 4, 2015 Obama to Release National Security Strategy as Urgency Over the Islamic State Grows ... Critics of the administration argue that Obama has relied too heavily on international organizations such as the United Nations and NATO to act and punish world bullies when they viola... February 3, 2015 Israelis Don’t Buy the ‘Peace Process’ Chatter ... But even more fatal to the “peace process” than a weak U.S. administration is the clear-eyed view of what is going on in Israel’s neighborhood. Even if Obama cannot,... February 3, 2015 Dead Argentine Prosecutor Drafted Arrest Warrant for President ... The revelation probably means Nisman intended to file arrest warrants after spelling out his findings to Argentina's lawmakers, said Mark Dubowitz, a friend of Nisman&#039... February 2, 2015 Darum ist Iran der heimliche Gewinner ... Der italienische Politikwissenschaftler und Nahost-Experte Emanuele Ottolenghi zu BILD: „Es wirkt so, als würden die USA und ihre Anti-Terror-Allianz stillschweigend... February 2, 2015 Video: Iran-Backed Militia Brings M1 Tank to Fight IS ... A video posted Tuesday to YouTube appears to show a militia group preparing for battle against the Islamic State with the help of an M1 Abrams tank, but how the fighters got the tank &... February 2, 2015 The Great Game: Israeli, Hezbollah, and Iranian Edition ... Tony Badran, a Levant expert at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, explains: "To understand Israeli behavior, we must take into account th... February 2, 2015 Spy vs. Nonspy in Putin’s Russia ... This kind of elaborate ploy to get eminently accessible information is nothing new in Russian spycraft. Anna Chapman and the other nine members of the S.V.R.’s Illegals Program a... February 2, 2015 ISIS Leader Warns Unauthorized Tweets Don’t Speak for Caliphate ... The development came after more than a week of sometimes confusing, sometimes contradictory reports regarding three Islamic State hostages, including a Jordanian pilot whose status is... February 2, 2015 75 Senators Send Letter Urging Administration to Oppose Palestinian Court Bid ... Former Ambassador Dennis Ross explained in a recent op-ed in The New York Times that the Palestinians’ attempts to use international organizations to gain legitimacy “puts... January 30, 2015 Escaped Syrian Child Soldier: ‘Don’t Join ISIS’ ... "Activists in Deir al-Zour are talking about them brainwashing children, taking them out of school and launching what they call defense camps, in which they train young childre... January 29, 2015 Expect Republicans to Add Teeth to Iran Sanctions Bill ... Some close watchers of the Iran-sanctions debate worry that the latest Republican efforts risk pushing away Democrats. Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for t... January 29, 2015 Hezbollah Brigades Convoy Video Shows American M1 Abrams Tank ... A YouTube video of a Hezbollah Brigades convoy seemingly on its way to fight the Islamic State group includes numerous American-made military vehicles. The propaganda video up... January 29, 2015 Iran Targets Netanyahu Children for Assassination ... Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), said that while extreme, this type of tactic is common for Iran.... January 29, 2015 Hezbollah Attack Seen as Effort by Iran to “Expand into the Golan Heights” ... Some analysts have suggested that the attack was not just retaliation for the January 18 airstrike, but rather is part of a broader strategic shift by Hezbollah, as it attempts to buil... January 29, 2015 Iranian President to Tax-Exempt Groups: Pay Up ... Setad’s assets are valued at about $90 billion and include three oil companies. The Guards’ construction wing is now the biggest engineering company in Iran. Astan Qods Raz... January 28, 2015 US Drone Strikes Resume in Yemen Despite Turmoil ... Nevertheless, experts said that both ground operations and intelligence gathering will suffer in addition to the loss of a faithful partner in Hadi. Yemen's president was a vocal... January 28, 2015 Second Chances for Jihadists Must Stop ... According to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 30 percent of released Guantanamo detainees have engaged in further terrorist activities. One such man... January 27, 2015 Barack Obama Says America ‘Is Stopping’ Islamic State’s Progress in Iraq and Syria ... Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a Middle East expert at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, said based on his own analysis of the Islamic State’s movements, any gains i... January 27, 2015 Crazy Clerics Who Rule the World’s Oil ... The reality is that the religious scholars in Saudi Arabia number in the thousands. Jonathan Schanzer, co-author of “Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Soci... January 27, 2015 Iran Is Ditching The Dollar In Foreign Trade ... And over the past few years, Iran has been strengthening economic and military ties with others countries (including China and Russia) in an effort to circumvent the Western-imposed sa... January 27, 2015 Democrats Fold, Of Course, on Iran Sanctions ... Likewise, John Hannah of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies testified: "I worry that, starting with the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), the United... January 26, 2015 Saudi Arabia’s New King Helped Fund Radical Terrorist Groups ... President Barack Obama is scheduled to travel to the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Tuesday to pay respects to Abdullah and meet with Salman, who also has been seen as a moderate friend of... January 26, 2015 Bucking Stereotypes, Egypt’s El-Sisi Fights Terror and Seeks ‘Revolution’ in Islam ... El-Sisi’s vision includes purging Islam of extremist intolerance and violence, elements that terror groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State use as recruitment tools.... January 26, 2015 First US Drone Strike in Yemen Since Leader Resigned Kills 3 ... Last year, at least 23 U.S. drone strikes killed 138 al-Qaida militants as well as some civilians, according to the Long War Journal, which tracks militant groups. U.S... January 26, 2015 Obama: Counterterrorism Operations in Yemen Not Affected ... Yemen is home to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which the U.S. views as the global terrorist network's most dangerous branch. The group has been linked to numerous failed atta... January 26, 2015 5 Things to Know: Why Crisis in Yemen Matters to Americans ... Hadi's resignation leaves the U.S. without a faithful partner amid its drone-strike and counter-terrorism campaign. For several years, the CIA and the military&#0... January 26, 2015 US Changes its Tune on Syrian Regime Change as ISIS Threat Takes Top Priority ... While Moscow does not guarantee Assad’s personal future, it will continue to support his regime as Syria’s legitimate government in any Geneva talks. For its part, the US c... January 26, 2015 The US Just Lost One Of Its Top Counterterror Partners In The Middle East ... Hadi launched two major offensives against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, in 2012 and the spring of 2014. The US State Department's "Country Report on Terrorism" for 2012 call... January 26, 2015 Administration in Panic Over Sanctions Bill? ... The entire episode suggests unseemly cooperation between the White House and Senate opponents of Menendez-Kirk sanctions legislation. “The idea that the Mossad would stak... January 26, 2015 Boko Haram Release Shocking Images of Child Soldier Training Camp ... The organisation, al-Urwa al-Wuthaqa, shows the children dressed in dark clothing with their heads covered by garments. In one photo, the children are aiming their guns while in anothe... January 25, 2015 Saudi’s New King Salman Likely to Stay the Course ... Some Saudi watchers, such as analyst David Weinberg at the Foundation for Defense of Democracy, say the country has turned away from reform, especially since the Arab Spring up... January 25, 2015 Exclusive: Freed Al Qaeda Agent Was Part of Proposed Swap for Jailed Americans ... Back in Qatar, where Al-Marri has been reunited with his family, he’s being given a hero’s welcome. Members of the public have been invited to a celebration in Al-M...

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