Anti-Western sentiment

June 4, 2026 | Natalie Ecanow |

6 Reasons Why Qatar’s U.S. Financial Footprint Warrants Scrutiny

Qatar, a Persian Gulf emirate roughly the size of Connecticut, possesses outsized wealth by sitting atop the world’s largest natural gas reservoir. FDD has meticulously documented that this tiny country...

May 8, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi |

A NATO ally’s information war: Unmasking Turkey’s global media strategy

A recent investigation into the social media account “Clash Report” illustrates the need for greater alertness among policymakers in Washington and across Europe. While the account appears to...

April 29, 2026 | Natalie Ecanow |

Don’t Bet on Qatar Standing by America in the Middle East

War is unpredictable and with Operation Epic Fury, some of the biggest surprises have occurred off the battlefield. Qatar’s posture is one of them. Years of engagement with Iran gave way to a relationship...

April 1, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi, William Doran

Islamist Turkey: A Base for Muslim Brotherhood Jihadism

March 20, 2026 | David May |

South African Government Continues Antagonizing U.S.

South Africa is defiant, refusing to distance itself from the Islamic Republic despite U.S. Ambassador Brent Bozell stating that “an association with Iran is an impediment to good relations with the...

March 19, 2026 | Leah Siskind, Marina Chernin

Deepfakes on the Front Lines: Iran’s AI Disinformation Campaign

The war with Iran has triggered a torrent of disturbing AI-generated imagery, videos, and narratives circulating widely on social media — such as smoke billowing from a Bahraini high-rise or rockets...

February 28, 2026 | Miad Maleki |

I fled Iran’s terror — Trump’s courage is an answer to my prayers

The strikes President Donald Trump launched against Iran Saturday are not just military operations — they are the answer to decades of prayers by Iranians who have suffered under tyranny. And...

February 3, 2026 | Toby Dershowitz, Asher Boiskin

Should Western Tech Giants Partner With Pro-Hamas Network Al Jazeera?

A few weeks ago, Al Jazeera named Google Cloud as its primary technology provider for “The Core,” a sweeping program designed to integrate generative artificial intelligence (AI) throughout...

January 28, 2026 | David May |

Iran Protests Highlight South Africa’s Broken Moral Compass

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December 12, 2025 | David Daoud, Natalie Ecanow

How Qatar Can Help Lebanon

Hezbollah’s efforts to regenerate have seemingly reached a critical juncture. In one of the most escalatory actions since the ceasefire took effect in Lebanon last November, Israel eliminated Hezbollah’s...

March 28, 2025 | Jonathan Schanzer, Sinan Ciddi, Melissa Sacks, Michael Rubin

Hamas and Turkey: Partners in Terror

May 8, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Replacing America

China’s Communists rulers intend to establish a new world order

February 20, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

For Russia, a Year of Setbacks at the OPCW

Yet Member States Still Have Not Imposed Consequences for Moscow’s Chemical Weapons Use

February 6, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Can US airpower stop the threats in Yemen, Iraq and Syria?

The Houthis continue to threaten shipping in the Red Sea and off the coast of Yemen.

January 29, 2024 | |

U.S. Approves F-16 Sales to Turkey

The Biden administration approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey on January 26 after Ankara ratified Sweden’s bid to join NATO. The State Department notified Congress that...

January 19, 2024 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

US Should Sanction Lebanon’s pro-Iran ‘Resistance TV’

On December 27, an Israeli missile hit a home in the Southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, killing brothers Ali and Ibrahim Bazzi and Ibrahim’s wife. Within hours, Al Manar, Hezbollah’s official media...

November 27, 2023 | |

Hamas Releases Russian Hostage ‘In Appreciation’ of Moscow

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November 16, 2023 | |

Turkish President Escalates Anti-Israel Rhetoric

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued to ratchet up his rhetoric against Israel on November 15, calling Israel a “terrorist state” and defending Hamas terrorists as...

October 25, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Hopeless on Gaza 

No decent person can support terrorism and genocide

July 27, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Putin has opened a sinister new front in his war against Britain

If London hopes to defuse the Kremlin’s information operations, it must start by giving Moscow a taste of its own medicine