Josh Earnest

May 14, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn, Allyson Gaines

Obama Officials Support U.S. Unilateral Snapback of Iran Sanctions

When Iran and world powers concluded the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Barack Obama and senior officials in his administration repeatedly...

January 18, 2017 | |

Qatar and Terror Finance

FDD Press

October 4, 2016 | David Weinberg

Americans Can Sue Saudi Arabia Now. So What?

Congress overrode...

August 10, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

What does America owe Iran?

An unmarked cargo plane filled with $400 million in cash lands in Tehran. Four American hostages held by Iran’s rulers are set free. These revelations have sparked two controversi...

January 11, 2016 | Tony Badran |

In Dangerous Gamble, the Obama Administration Is Abandoning Decades-Old Mideast Alliances

In response to the crisis in relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, following the latter's assault on the Saudi consulate and embassy in Iran, the Obama administration has taken to the med...

August 31, 2015 | |

Saudi King’s Visit Offers Chance to Reset Relations

President Obama is set to host Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at the White House on Friday for the king’s first visit since ascending to the throne in January. White...

July 23, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Slam Dunk II: The Persian Version

“With this deal, we cut off ...

April 22, 2015 |

Understanding ‘Operation Renewal of Hope’ in Yemen

The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen declared the end of Operation Decisive Storm yesterday, to be replaced with Operation Renewal of Hope effective midnight. Although coalition spokesperson...

April 14, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz |

Putin Boosts Congress’s Case for Role in Iran Deal

Demands from Congress that it should get to review President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran have received a boost from an unlikely source: Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, just 24...

March 25, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

What Netanyahu didn’t say

What is it about Israel in general and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particular that leads to so much careless reporting and tendentious commentary? Start with The New York Times,...

August 26, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Erdogan Denounces US for Criticizing Claim that Israel was Behind Morsi’s Ousting

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chastised Washington for having denounced his claim, made last Tuesday, that ...