David Adesnik

Islamist Turkey: A Base for Muslim Brotherhood Jihadism

Congress Unveils Proposal To Repeal Syria Sanctions as Syria-Israel Tensions Continue

Repeal Likely to Pass: Congress is likely to repeal economic sanctions on Syria enshrined in the 2019 Caesar Act in the coming weeks, unveiling language for its repeal within the...

New Syrian Parliament Takes Shape as Local Bodies Appoint Legislators Under Post-Assad Interim Constitution

Syria Announces First Results: The Syrian authorities announced preliminary results of the first parliamentary selection process since the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad’s...

Security Deal With Israel Is Likely, Syrian President Says

Talks in ‘Advanced’ Stage: Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told representatives of Arab media outlets that Syria and Israel are in “advanced” talks on a security...

Donors Alone Can’t Reform the United Nations

U.S. funding for the body provides leverage for reform but no less important will be sustained pressure from the leaders of donor states.

Are Trump, Democrats Too Trusting of Syria’s New Leader?

Ahmad al-Sharaa ‘is a different person than he once was,’ says Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff. Yet Sharaa’s actions do not always match his words.

Abraham Accords Are Focus of Reported Israel-Syria Talks

Latest Developments Israeli, Syrian Officials Meet: Israel is reportedly holding talks with Syrian officials, even raising the possibility of Damascus joining the Abraham Accords — a series of bilateral...

‘Warning Operation’: Israeli Drones Strike Pro-Government Forces Clashing With Druze Factions in Syria

Israeli Officials Reiterate Pledge to Protect Druze: Israel has conducted drone strikes on the outskirts of Damascus, targeting Sunni extremists who attacked members of the Syrian...

Hamas’s quiet removal of 1,850 people from death count another red flag

Media, UN take Gaza Health Ministry's numbers at face value, despite long list of irregularities

‘Predetermined Outcome’: Amnesty International Report Amplifies ‘Genocide’ Charge Against Israel

Amnesty International Redefines Genocide: A new report from Amnesty International released on December 4 asserted that Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in the...

Kamala Harris Misleads on Gaza Food Shortage

Despite what Harris deceptively implied, the truth is that Israel facilitated a surge of aid that prevented a famine.

Syrian Businessman Sanctioned by U.S. Over ISIS Links Killed in Alleged Israeli Airstrike

An alleged Israeli airstrike on a highway linking Syria to Lebanon on July 15 killed Muhammad Baraa al-Katerji, a close business associate of Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad....

The Gaza Health Ministry Flimflam

Its casualty data are incomplete, unsourced, manipulated, or perhaps invented—and taken as gospel

Why the U.N.’s Gaza Casualty Figures Were So Off

The U.N. nearly halved its estimate of women and children killed in Gaza after relying on figures from Hamas-controlled organizations.

How US taxpayer dollars line the pockets of Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad

Presidents and prime ministers descended on Manhattan the past two weeks to take part in the 78th annual session of the UN General Assembly. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took the stage at Turtle...

Israel’s Less-Than-Secret War Against the Iranian Nuclear Program

A new book details the tactical success of Mossad’s efforts against the Islamic Republic.

U.S. Sanctions Target Turkey-Backed Militias in Syria, but Not Turkish Authorities 

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Thursday against a pair of Turkey-backed Syrian militias — the Suleiman Shah Brigade and the Hamza Brigade — responsible for serious human rights abuses,...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: April

Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They provide trendlines of very positive,...

Under Pressure from Congress, Administration Sanctions Syrian Narco-traffickers

The Treasury Department announced sanctions on Tuesday on eight targets for “supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the production or export of Captagon, a dangerous amphetamine.”...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: March

Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policies.