Disruptions and Challenges in the Middle East
Significant challenges await the Trump administration’s attention.
Morocco
Who’s afraid of China? Palau inauguration calls bluff of ‘friends to all, enemies to none’
For all the regional talk of “Pacific family” and “friends to all enemies to none” who did – and who didn’t – show up for the Jan. 16 inauguration of Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr....
Op-eds
Deconstructing the Inauguration: No, not that one
We have a country that is geopolitically sophisticated, with close ties to the U.S., Japan and Taiwan, and is in a highly strategic location. So who showed up to Palau’s party, and who didn’t?
Op-eds
U.S. Green Card Holder From Morocco Carries Out Stabbing Attack in Tel Aviv
Four Men Injured in Stabbing Attack: A man who traveled to Israel from the United States on a tourist visa stabbed four Israelis in a terror attack in Tel Aviv on January 21. Israeli...
Flash Briefs
‘Hamas Finally Agreed’: Israel-Hamas Reach Second Ceasefire and Hostage Deal After 15 Months of War
Hostage Deal Finalized: President Joe Biden announced on January 15 that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a finalized ceasefire deal that would see the release of some Israeli hostages...
Flash Briefs
Islamic State release highlights the foreign-fighter nature of its recent assault in Somalia
A day after the Islamic State Somalia’s (ISS) brazen suicide assault against a Puntland military base—its most audacious attack to date in Somalia—the jihadist group released images of the men it...
Op-eds
After COP29, Israel and the Region Can Reaffirm the Abraham Accords Vision
Cooperation on climate change is both an environmental necessity and a proven means of building peace with Israel’s Arab neighbors.
Op-eds
Why did Israel’s new foreign minister embrace the Kurdish people?
Israel has long enjoyed positive relations with Kurdish people in the Middle East. It is part of a partnership between Jews and Kurds and also shared interests in the region
Op-eds
Beijing’s Axis of Chaos
Today, China is the driving force behind much of the chaos we see around the world — from supporting rogue regimes such as Russia, Iran, and North Korea, to meddling in the Middle East, and interfering in America’s upcoming presidential election. FDD's China Program hosts a panel discussion featuring Matt Pottinger, FDD China Program Chairman and former Deputy National Security Advisor to discuss what steps can the US and its allies take to counter this unprecedented challenge.
Events
Across the Arab world, Nasrallah is remembered as a tyrant in Lebanon, a butcher in Syria and a fanatic
Lebanon now has the opportunity to take sovereignty back from the hands of Hezbollah
Op-eds
The Abraham Accords are not about Palestinians
Palestinians are welcome to join the Israel-Arab accords but if they’d prefer to keep fighting they’ll be on their own
Op-eds
On Abraham Accords anniversary, Iran pushes Gulf ties
The Houthis attacked Israel on September 15 on the anniversary of the Abraham Accords, and at 6:32am, symbolically almost the same time as the October 7 attack.
Op-eds
Israeli Delegation Faces Threats and Abuse at Paris Olympics
French authorities opened an investigation into spectators who carried a banner declaring “Genocide Olympics,” chanted “Heil Hitler,” performed Nazi salutes, and otherwise...
Flash Briefs
What would a two-state solution solve?
Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran are fighting for an Islamic empire
Op-eds
Gustavo Petro’s Anti-Israel Fantasy Has a High Price for Colombia
The Colombian president's severing of diplomatic relations with Israel will terminate a budding bilateral partnership.
Op-eds
Blinken to Address Normalization With Israel During Visit to Saudi Arabia
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia on April 28 for the World Economic Forum. While in Riyadh, Blinken is expected to discuss the normalization of Saudi-Israeli...
Flash Briefs
Israel’s Arab Neighbors Undermine Their Own Interests by Backing Iran
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its proxy militias have Jordan in their crosshairs, calling for mass protests against the government and promising to arm a militia of 12,000 Jordanians....
Insights
The two-state solution is a dangerous pipedream
Israel’s adversaries want all the land “from the river to the sea.”
Op-eds
Blinken Visits Saudi Arabia to Broker Gaza Deal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on February 5 to discuss a deal that would pause the Gaza war and free the remaining hostages....
Flash Briefs
Hopeless on Gaza
No decent person can support terrorism and genocide