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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...

June 3, 2026 | Natalie Ecanow |

Mapping Qatar’s $400 Billion Footprint in the United States

May 28, 2026 | Toby Dershowitz, Ashley Rindsberg

How Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Influence Global Narratives — and AI Systems

If you ask Google what Al Jazeera is, the answer you receive draws heavily on Wikipedia. The same is true if you ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or many other large language models. Wikipedia has become the working...

May 22, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz, Miad Maleki

Trump needs to shut down this key Iranian transit artery — ASAP

Iran’s corrupt economy is still bleeding; Washington has a narrow, perishable window to bring the regime to its knees. President Donald Trump has shown admirable resolve. His instinct...

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 28, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz |

Hamas Refusal to Disarm Sets Stage for Gaza Escalation

While the U.S.-Iran standoff and Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon make headlines, Israel has been stepping up preparations for a resumption of warfare in the Gaza Strip. Hamas is refusing U.S. overtures...

April 27, 2026 | Ari Ben Am |

Qatar Influence Operations: Unmasking a Suspected Network

April 14, 2026 | |

Israel and Lebanon Hold Direct Talks in Washington as War With Hezbollah Continues

Talks Held in D.C.: Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted talks between delegations from Israel and Lebanon in Washington on April 14 — the first time the two countries had engaged...

April 14, 2026 | Dr. Reza Arab, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Iran at a crossroads: Australia’s opportunities and pitfalls

Over the last few weeks, the Islamist regime in Tehran has expanded the scope of its hostage-taking operation. Not satisfied with only taking Western citizens hostage and then extorting their governments,...

April 6, 2026 | Simone Weichselbaum |

Time to Lift the Veil on Foreign Funding in K-12 Schools

State lawmakers in Georgia just won a major battle in the long war to reveal foreign influence in America’s K-12 public schools. A new bill, which recently passed both chambers of the state legislature,...

April 2, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi, Natalie Ecanow

Has Al Jazeera Changed Its Editorial Direction?

Veteran Al Jazeera analyst Leqaa Makki threw viewers a curveball during a recent news segment. He advocated for an escalation against Iran. A familiar face on the network since 2003, Makki argued...

April 1, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi, Dmitriy Shapiro

Ukraine Agrees to Mutually Beneficial Defense Deals With Gulf Arab States

“In terms of expertise, no one today can help the way Ukraine can,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after his visit to the Middle East, referring to defenses against the Shahed drones...

March 10, 2026 | Natalie Ecanow, Mariam Wahba

Qatar Has More Than Earned U.S. Condemnation for Persecuting Religious Minorities at Home

It should not be surprising that a government that provides sanctuary to Hamas and avidly supports the Muslim Brotherhood has a record of infringing its own citizens’ religious liberty. Finally, it has...

March 8, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Gulf states have a stark choice — and Trump must make them face it

Iran has turned its war with the United States and Israel into a direct assault on its Persian Gulf neighbors — targeting not just American military and diplomatic installations based in these Arab states,...

March 8, 2026 | Natalie Ecanow |

Washington’s Chance to Force Qatar and Iran’s Breakup

The Iran war has created an opportunity for the U.S. to push Doha and Tehran further apart.

March 6, 2026 | Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

Australia bans Hizb ut Tahrir under new hate laws

The government of Australia formally banned Hizb ut Tahrir on March 6, designating the Islamist organization as a hate group in a move aimed at curbing extremist ideology and preventing radicalization....

March 5, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Iran targets US bases, diplomatic missions, and oil infrastructure in Arab countries on March 3–5

Between March 3 and March 5, Iran continued responding to the joint United States–Israeli military campaign with widespread retaliatory strikes across the Middle East. The attacks consisted of coordinated...

March 4, 2026 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Beware Turkey’s ambitions in the post-Iran power vacuum

The US military and the Israeli Defense Forces continue unleashing their might on the Iranian regime — and precise intelligence, overwhelming firepower and a bit of good luck could soon usher...

March 3, 2026 | Leah Siskind |

AI-Amplified Narratives: Measuring Propaganda in LLM Citations

March 2, 2026 | |

‘The Big One is Coming Soon’: Trump Warns Heavier Strikes on Tehran Regime Targets Imminent

Trump Praises Operation’s Progress: In an interview with CNN on March 2, President Donald Trump assessed that Operation Epic Fury targeting the regime in Iran was “going very...