Cham Wings Airlines

November 9, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkish Airlines in EU Crosshairs for Facilitating Lukashenko’s “Hybrid Warfare” With Belarus Flights

The European Union reportedly has Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s national flag carrier, in its crosshairs due to the airline’s alleged role in trafficking migrants to Belarus. If Brussels goes forward with...

August 17, 2018 | Tony Badran |

Assad Regime Restoring Economic Ties with Jordan and UAE

Following the Assad regime’s recapture of opposition-held areas in southern Syria, pro-regime media have begun boasting the restoration of economic relations with Arab countries, namely Jor...

June 10, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer, Nicole Salter

Oman’s Dangerous Double Game

The Obama administration sought to help Iran cash in on the 2015 nuclear deal, a Republican-led Senate investigation revealed last week. The report also raises questions about the role played by...

May 9, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Deal or no deal, Trump should punish Iran’s aviation sector

The decision on whether or not Boeing should sell passenger aircraft to Iran should not be made by Boeing, but by President Trump, says FDD’s Emanuele Ottolenghi in his latest piece for...

March 2, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Trump Should Block Iran’s Air Corridor to Syria

Last month, an Iranian drone reportedly violated Israeli airspace after taking off from a base i...

July 21, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

The Iranian Express

On November 30, 2016, Syria watcher Tobias Schneider tweeted out pictures of an Iraqi Shia militiaman boarding an Iranian commercial airliner en route to Damascus. One selfie taken on the plane s...

April 17, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Trump’s Syria strategy must target Assad’s chief protector: Iran

The strikes ordered on April 6 by President Trump to respond to Syrian leader Bashar al-A...

April 3, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Increasing the Effectiveness of Non-Nuclear Sanctions Against Iran

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December 23, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Treasury Sanctions Airline Ferrying Fighters for Assad

The U.S. Treasury announced new Syria sanctions on Friday, including on...

October 13, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

This Iranian Airline is One of the Assad Regime’s Lifelines

It's hard to fly to Damascus these days. Even if Russia's military intervention in the country has the ruling Assad regime breathing easier after months of infighting, manpower...