Algeria Releases Blogger Jailed for Interview with Israel
Housing Minister in Algeria alleged Israel was behind Arab Spring.
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FDD Launches Center on Economic and Financial Power, Names Former Treasury Advisor Eric B. Lorber as Senior Director
(Washington, D.C., January 9, 2019) – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) today unveiled its...
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I’m a Wonk at a Think Tank. Turkish Media Say I’m an International Man of Mystery.
It's amazing what you learn about yourself when you start publishing about Turkey's links to terrorist groups.
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Khashoggi Crisis Holds a Mirror to Turkey
Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi has gone missing after visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, sparking a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The Turkish government alleges...
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Boycott-Israel activists disrupt Holocaust film in Berlin
The activists could be seen on a video holding a sign that read, “No culture in whitewashing Apartheid.”
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Silencing of Critics Threatens to Undermine Saudi Reform Efforts
Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist known for his criticisms of the Saudi government and the crown prince, disappeared Tuesday after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. With still no contact from him, his friends and fiancée fear the worst.
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Iran’s Facebook operation shows that it never restrained its hackers
An excerpt from the op-ed follows: Facebook on Tuesday ...
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Call to release Algerian blogger imprisoned for interviewing Israeli MF
Human Rights Watch urged Algeria on Sunday to release a blogger who launched a hunger strike on July 8 to protest his seven-year prison term he received after interviewing an Israeli Foreign Mini...
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FDD study: US Should Develop Syria Policy that Includes Syrian End State Devoid of Iran’s Influence
(Washington, D.C., July 11, 2018) – The Trump Administration should make it established U.S. policy to achieve an end state in Syria that is free of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
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Russian Tech Companies Give Moscow Potential Beachheads to Infiltrate US Military, Private Sector
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Israel Offers to Help Resolve Iran’s Water Crisis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday presented what he described as “an unprecedented offer to Iran.” The Jewi...
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FDD study: IAEA Obligated to Investigate Military Dimensions of Iran’s Nuclear Program
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Monitoring Iranian Weaponization Activities: Another Crucial Flaw of the Nuclear Deal
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Pro-BDS Pastor and German Green Party Figure Speaks at Nazi Event
Friedrich Bode, a Protestant pastor and co-founder of the Green Party branch in Bremen, Germany, delivered a talk at a neo-Nazi party event in Karlshöfe, Lower Saxony, on Saturday....
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Germany Permits Iranian Regime Mass Murderer to Flee the Country
Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi – considered a successor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei – fled Germany on Thursday for Iran amid criminal complaints filed against him for ...
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FDD launches national security and foreign policy podcast “Foreign Podicy”
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 21, 2017 – Focused on the most consequential foreign policy and national security issues facing the United States today, Foundation for Def...
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FDD Scholars Secure an Advance Look at bin Laden Documents Released Today by the CIA
Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 2017 – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has obtained the first-ever images of an adult Hamza bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden, who i...
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Former Government Officials and Experts Support Efforts to Fix Iran Nuclear Deal
Washington, D.C., October 30, 2017 – Following President Donald Trump’s decision to refrain from certifying Iran’s compliance with the Iran nuclear deal under the Congressionall...
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German University Files Criminal Complaint Against BDS Activist
Humboldt University in the German capital lodged a criminal complaint against activists who disrupted a talk by MK Aliza Lavie and an Israeli survivor of the Holocaust in June, a spokesman for th...
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Russian Troops Deploy Near Syria-Israel Border
In late July, Russia deployed four military police battalions to monitor a pair of safe zones in Syria, including a southwestern...