FDD Morning Brief

THE MILITARY PARTNERSHIPS FUELING EPIC FURY

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer hosts a special SITREP featuring FDD experts Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus and Bradley Bowman. They examine the U.S.-Israel military synchronization powering Operation Epic Fury as it unfolds.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer hosts a special SITREP featuring FDD experts Janatan Sayeh and Cameron McMillan.

They provide timely situational updates and analysis on the evolving war with Iran and the military dimensions of Operation Epic Fury.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Israeli journalist Nadav Eyal.

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ERDOGAN'S NEO-OTTOMAN AMBITIONS

HEADLINE 1: The Palestinian Authority is still paying money to terrorists.

HEADLINE 2: The Trump administration continues to heap financial pressure on Iran.

HEADLINE 3: A construction project in Gaza seems to be in the works.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with FDD Turkey Program Senior Director Sinan Ciddi.

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Featured FDD Pieces:

"Georgia is becoming Iran’s sanctions evasion hub" - Keti Korkiya, The Hill

"The US should stop indulging Hungary and Slovakia" - Ivana Stradner and Dalibor Rohac, Washington Examiner

"Saving the European-American marriage" - Clifford D. May, The Washington Times

HEADLINE 1: Iran wants to buy anti-ship missiles from China.

HEADLINE 2: India's prime minister touched down in Israel today.

HEADLINE 3: In case you missed it, Syria recently transferred thousands of ISIS prisoners to Iraq. 

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Erin Molan, former television presenter for Sky News Australia and host of The Erin Molan Show.

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Featured FDD Pieces:

"What if the Iranian Regime Is Stronger Than Trump Thinks?" - Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, The New York Times

"How Did the United States End Up on the Same Side as the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen?" - Bridget Toomey, FDD Insight

"The Islamic Republic’s Weaponization of Global Terror" - Mark Dubowitz and Edmund Fitton-Brown, The Iran Breakdown

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with FDD Chief Executive Mark Dubowitz.

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AN ANCIENT CITY'S MODERN DIVIDE

HEADLINE 1: Iran and Russia held joint naval exercises in and around the Gulf of Oman.

HEADLINE 2: The European Union officially designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.

HEADLINE 3: Israel carried out a large counterterrorism operation in the town of Hebron this week.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Yishai Fleisher, who serves as the international spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Hebron.

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Featured FDD Pieces:

"Europe Looks to Israeli Tech to Defend Tanks" - Brad Bowman and Justin Leopold-Cohen, Real Clear Defense

"Free Jimmy Lai!" - Cliff May, The Washington Times

"Ukraine, four years in" - LinkedIn Newsletter: This Week at FDD

HEADLINE 1: More countries are planning to contribute troops to the International Stabilization Force in Gaza.

HEADLINE 2: The Lebanese government provided an update on disarming Hezbollah.

HEADLINE 3: Qatar is taking some heat right now from an unlikely place: the Israeli left.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Andrew Tabler of The Washington Institute.

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Featured FDD Pieces:

"Allies, Adversaries, and the Axis" - Bradley Bowman and LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, Foreign Podicy

"Did Iran Use Chemical Weapons on Protesters?" - Andrea Stricker (writing with Gregory D. Koblentz), The National Interest

"Trump could be missing the opportunity to rebuild the Navy efficiently and quickly" - RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, New York Post

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Steve Hayes, CEO and editor of The Dispatch.

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HEADLINE 1: The United States smuggled thousands of Starlink internet terminals into Iran.

HEADLINE 2: Remember the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation? A security firm based in North Carolina called UG Solutions helped secure the group’s aid distribution sites. Well, UG Solutions might be coming back.

HEADLINE 3: Israel successfully completed new tests with its David’s Sling missile defense system.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a Gaza native who serves as the founder and director of the Realign for Palestine project at the Atlantic Council.

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Featured FDD Pieces:

"Egypt Tests Trump’s Pledge to Defend Persecuted Christians" - Mariam Wahba, Newsweek

"A few words of advice on Iran and Gaza" - Cliff May, The Washington Times

"Al Jazeera Centre for Studies: Academic Veneer Normalizing Terrorism" - Toby Dershowitz and Qatar expert Eitan Fischberger, FDD Insight