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...
Muslims
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...
Policy Tracker
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...
Op-eds
Oman’s Flipflopping on Iran Will Leave It Isolated in the Gulf
Even being targeted by Iranian drone strikes is not enough to stop Oman from hedgingand even trying to accommodate Tehran. While other Gulf states issued severe condemnations of attacks on their...
Policy Briefs
The Arab Case for Israel
And Other Essays from a Distant Conflict
Books
Turkey Leaves Gaza Peace Board Summit Empty-Handed
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan left the inaugural Board of Peace summit in Washington without securing a spot for Turkish troops in Gaza’s International Stabilization Force (ISF). Turkey’s exclusion...
Policy Briefs
Trump Hosts Inaugural Board of Peace Meeting
Latest Developments First Meeting of International Bloc: President Donald Trump convened the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace on February 19 in Washington, DC. Representatives and heads of state...
Flash Briefs
Naim Qassem delivers defiant speech to mark anniversary of Mahdi Schools
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered a speech on February 3 that marked the 33rd anniversary of the establishment of Hezbollah’s Mahdi School System, which, according to Qassem,...
Op-eds
U.S. Launches Effort To Address Christian Persecution in Nigeria
The Trump administration has launched an effort to help protect Nigerian Christians. In response to escalating attacks by armed Islamists, Washington established a joint working group to offer American...
Policy Briefs
China and Pakistan Increase Cooperation, Bring Taliban Into the Fold
China and Pakistan are trying to bolster the Taliban’s global standing. Beijing and Islamabad released a joint statement on January 5 urging Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to curb attacks from affiliated...
Policy Briefs
Trump has finally said what no other world leader is brave enough to admit… and taken a stand against the greatest threat to Western civilization
President Donald Trump‘s new executive order targeting branches of the Muslim Brotherhood marks the first serious attempt by any Western leader in decades to confront the Islamist networks that...
Op-eds
Iran Drops the Façade of Tolerance Toward Persian Jews
Without consequences or outside pressure, the regime could revert to the same violent persecution that marked the early years of the Islamic Revolution.
Op-eds
Turkey Hosts Meeting of Leading Islamic Foreign Ministers To Discuss Future of Gaza
'Palestinians Should Govern Palestinians’: Turkey convened a meeting of foreign ministers of Muslim-majority countries on November 3 to discuss the future of the Gaza ceasefire...
Flash Briefs
Reports of Atrocities as RSF Paramilitary Forces Gain Control of Last Government Stronghold in Darfur
RSF Now Controls Entirety of Darfur: The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has finally seized control of el-Fasher in the Northern Darfur region following a...
Flash Briefs
Jordan’s King Abdullah II Says No Country Will Volunteer to ‘Enforce’ Gaza Ceasefire
‘Peacekeeping’ and ‘Peace Enforcement’: Jordan’s King Abdullah II said that it would be difficult for the United States to persuade countries to join the proposed International...
Flash Briefs
American abducted by suspected jihadists in Niger
On Tuesday, Kevin Rideout, an American missionary in the West African state of Niger, was abducted from his home in the country’s capital, as first reported by CBS News. Rideout had lived in Niamey...
Op-eds
Israel, Hamas agree to Gaza deal in Egypt
Overnight between October 8 and 9, Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a peace proposal initially announced by US President Donald Trump on September 29. An Israeli delegation negotiated the...
Op-eds
Two Years of Arab and Muslim Failure
Today marks the second anniversary of the horrific attacks when Hamas militants stormed out of the Gaza Strip into nearby Israeli towns. They killed, maimed and burned 1,200 civilians in a brutal door-to-door...
Op-eds
America’s Debt to Israel
The Jewish state has taken on many U.S. enemies since Oct. 7, 2023, even as the left turned against it.
Op-eds
US, Israel await Hamas answer after peace deal push
US President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on September 29 and unveiled a 20-point plan to end the Gaza war during a joint press conference....