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Hezbollah at War: What Comes Next for Lebanon and the Region

Erdogan’s words don’t pull the trigger — but they load the gun

The April 7 terrorist attack outside Israel’s consulate in Istanbul should end any lingering illusions about the consequences of Turkey’s political climate under President Recep Tayyip...

Know thine enemy

The “great, proud people of Iran” are not among them

Turkey the new Iran? Ankara’s growing challenge to Western interests

Turkey’s growing regional influence and ties to Hamas challenge NATO and US security.

Islamist Turkey: A Base for Muslim Brotherhood Jihadism

Why we have a TSA and a DHS

And the jihadis that make them necessary

Yemen’s Houthis enter Iran war with drone and missile attacks on Israel

The Houthis in Yemen launched several attacks against Israel today, a month into the joint US-Israeli operation against Iran. Israel announced that it intercepted the first...

Iran-linked group claims arson attacks in Antwerp and London

On March 23, a shadowy Iran-linked organization called Ashab al Yamin claimed responsibility for setting a vehicle ablaze in Antwerp’s Jewish Quarter. The day before, the group said it was behind an...

Turkey’s Mission to Put an End to the Iran War

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan did not mince words as he toured the Middle East as the war in the region escalated: “It should be especially noted that the primary responsible party...

Why Do We Allow Iran into American Classrooms?

Second graders are learning that non-Muslims are “the worst of all creatures” at the Brighter Horizons Academy near Dallas, Texas, according to a recent report by the Middle East Forum. The curriculum...

Shabaab celebrates October attack on Mogadishu prison in new video

In a new video posted online as a so-called Eid celebration, Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, highlighted and celebrated last year’s assault on the Godka Jilacow prison in Mogadishu, which...

West Bloomfield terror attack highlights Hezbollah connections within Shiite Lebanese community in US

Last week, ABC News reported that Iran’s Islamic regime may have activated sleeper cells in the United States to launch terror attacks in response to the US and Israeli military campaign against it....

Yemen, the unfinished business America ignores at its peril

As thousands of drones and missiles fly through the skies of the Middle East targeting the United States and its allies, one group’s weapons are notably absent — the Islamic Republic of Iran’s...

Blacklisting the Brotherhood

The Trump administration made history on November 24, 2025, when it issued an executive order calling for the U.S. government to designate “certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist...

Regime Change Without Nation Building

America and Israel are at war with Iran, a fact that should be neither shocking nor surprising. Both countries have been targeted by the Islamic Republic since its inception in 1979. Both countries...

International Union of Muslim Scholars criticizes Iranian strikes on Arab states but says Israel is main threat to region

A senior leader in the Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has condemned Iran’s recent strikes on several Middle Eastern countries while simultaneously urging Muslims to unite against...

China’s New Ethnic Minority Law Seeks To Legitimize Ongoing Repression

Beijing is increasing its efforts to reshape the very face of Chinese society. The National People’s Congress (NPC) is slated to consider a new law intended to promote “ethnic unity and progress”...

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...

The Lebanese Army Goes Rogue

The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), under its commander Rodolphe Haykal, has defied the state it is sworn to serve, effectively siding with Hezbollah at a moment when Lebanon teeters on the edge of the abyss. After...

Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: March

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