FDD Morning Brief

Tehran's AI-powered propaganda | feat. Jacob Breach

Headlines: The U.S. is allegedly considering dropping the “mother of all bombs” on Iran. Technically, it’s called the Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, or MOAB, and it’s

Al-Sharaa's Syria | feat. Andrew Tabler

Headlines: Yesterday, the Saudi-led coalition struck a Yemeni oil facility in Sanaa.The Iranian regime is using the pause in fighting to get ready for the next round. We

Turkey helps Iran fly under the radar | feat. Ahmad Sharawi

Headlines: Yemen’s armed forces, the ones loyal to the internationally recognized government in Southern Yemen, said they carried out 1,732 strikes against positions hel

Three years after October 7 | feat. Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus

Headlines: Israel decided to downgrade the UK’s consulate in Jerusalem, but stopped short of fully closing the diplomatic post. Taiwan has its sights on $130 billion wor

This all-female IDF tank unit battled Hamas on October 7 | feat. Karni Guez

Headlines: The Houthis aren’t slowing down their offensive and continue to do damage in Saudi Arabia. Representatives from the Mecca pact — Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pa

47 years of war with Iran | feat. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA)

Headlines: Members of the Mecca defense pact are planning to meet in Riyadh today.Yesterday, Yemeni forces launched a military campaign to retake territory seized by the

Beirut battles for its future | feat. Ronnie Chatah

Headlines: The Trump administration overrode the human rights conditions on $320 million worth of military aid to Egypt. American troops are officially out of Iraq.The T

Is the UN rotten beyond reform? | feat. Ambassador Jeff Bartos

Headlines: Iran’s currency plummeted to a new low yesterday. We’re talking over 2.5 million rials to the U.S. dollar. Iran is reportedly offering cash rewards for anyone

Lebanon's sovereignty paradox | feat. Bilal Saab

Headlines: The internationally recognized government in Aden says it killed or injured 2,316 Houthis over the last 72 hours.Iran’s Rev Guards said yesterday that they se

The Divided Nations | feat. Ben Cohen

Headlines: China has reportedly sent tons of dual-use components to Iran for use in missiles and drones.Iran is once again threatening to attack its neighbors, this time

The Houthis' Saudi siege | feat. Edmund Fitton-Brown

Headlines: The UK has agreed to help Saudi Arabia fight the Houthis by providing aerial refueling services to Saudi planes for the next few weeks. The Trump administrati

China steals America's AI edge | feat. Leah Siskind

Headlines: The State Department approved the potential sale of dozens of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia yesterday. French President Emmanuel Macron met with Jordan’s

Tehran squeezes Riyadh | feat. Bernard Haykel

Headlines: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi is in Beijing today to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.A Russian bank just got dinged by the US Treasury fo

The truth about America's munitions crisis | feat. Mark Cancian

Bradley Bowman, senior director of FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP), fills in for Jonathan Schanzer, providing timely situational updates and analysis

25 years after 9/11 | feat. Bruce Hoffman

Headlines: The Houthis seized the Yemeni port of Mokha yesterday, days after launching a combinedballistic missile and drone attack in Saudi Arabia.President Trump warne

The beauty queen of wartime Jerusalem | feat. Swell Ariel Or

Headlines: Yesterday, the Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia, setting oil facilities on fire and wounding at least 73 people. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agen

The FBI's war on terror financing | feat. Lara Burns

Headlines: Russia is helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles.Remember the Gaza flotilla? Well, it’s back. Leaders from the so-called “Freedom Flotilla Coalition”

The ABCs of foreign funding in K-12 | feat. Brandy Shufutinsky

Headlines: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun petitioned Greece to help implement a future peace agreement with Israel, which would see the Lebanese Armed Forces, or “LAF,”

Israel's post-October 7 election | feat. Yohanan Plesner

Headlines: USAID, the US Agency for International Development,released a new report on Friday, confirming what we already knew — namely, that UNRWA, the UN Relief and Wo

The Israel-Turkey collision course | feat. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Headlines: Kuwait and Pakistan signed a military cooperation agreement yesterday, building on a deal signed in 2023. The IDF is poised to surge troops into the West Bank