FDD Morning Brief

HEADLINE 1: The Trump administration designated three branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations yesterday. HEADLINE 2: More than a year has passed since the assassination of Hamas mastermind Yahya Sinwar. You’ll recall he was the man primarily responsible for the 10/7 slaughter. HEADLINE 3: The Kurdish National Army — which is the military wing of the Kurdistan Freedom Party —...

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of FDD's Iran Program. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

HOW ARE DOMESTIC POLITICS SHAPING ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY? HEADLINE 1: A big Gaza announcement is expected. HEADLINE 2: The Lebanese Armed Forces said it completed the first phase of its plan to deploy across south Lebanon and disarm non-state groups. HEADLINE 3: An Iranian hacking group claimed it identified an Israeli agent coordinating Mossad operations inside Iran. -- FDD Executive Dire...

HEADLINE 1: Five years after the Abraham Accords, Israel and Morocco are still going strong. HEADLINE 2: Over in Paris, Syria and Israel resumed security talks. And it looks like they might have made a breakthrough. HEADLINE 3: Gidon Saar has landed in Somaliland. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Carine Hajjar,...

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, senior director of FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI). Learn more at: https://fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Ambassador Jeff Bartos, who serves as the U.S. Representative for UN Management and Reform. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

IS THE BONDI BEACH MASSACRE AUSTRALIA'S WAKE-UP CALL? HEADLINE 1: The United States just slapped new sanctions on Iran’s shadow oil fleet.  HEADLINE 2: Israel, Greece, and Cyprus are mulling a military coalition to deter the Turks. HEADLINE 3: U.S. MidEast envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Gaza ceasefire talks…. In Miami.  --- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational upd...

HEADLINE 1: Qatar is once again pushing Washington to sell it F-35s. HEADLINE 2: Israel facilitated the exit of more than 200 Palestinians from Gaza. HEADLINE 3: Hamas is abusing Gazans. Again. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Miriam Haart, who starred in the hit Netflix TV series My Unorthodox Life. Learn more...

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with political satirist and "Oh My World" podcast host Hagar Chemali. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

SHOULD ISRAEL PARDON BIBI? HEADLINE 1: The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. HEADLINE 2: Israeli and Taiwanese officials recently conducted a series of secret meetings.  HEADLINE 3: The U.S. and Israel wrapped up joint naval exercises yesterday. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Aviv...

HEADLINE 1: After taking a beating during the 12-day war, Iran is back to building up its ballistic missile arsenal. HEADLINE 2: Israeli authorities raided a vacant United Nations Relief and Works Agency facility in East Jerusalem. HEADLINE 3: The IDF discovered three crude rockets in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and ana...

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Michal Cotler-Wunsch, CEO of The International Legal Forum (ILF) and former Member of Israel's Knesset (Parliament). Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

HEADLINE 1: Yesterday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing will provide $100 million to help with reconstruction and ease the humanitarian situation in Gaza. HEADLINE 2: The Pentagon deployed a new type of drone to the Middle East. HEADLINE 3: Iraq added Hezbollah and the Houthis to its asset freeze list. -- FDD Senior Research Analyst Natalie Ecanow analyzes the latest headlines, followed b...

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTHERN YEMEN? HEADLINE 1: Saudi Arabia is providing the Palestinian Authority with a $90 million grant. HEADLINE 2: Three Israeli soldiers were wounded in two separate attacks yesterday. HEADLINE 3: The IDF raided the offices in Ramallah and Hebron of an organization called the Union of Agricultural Work Committees. --- FDD Senior Research Analyst Natalie Ecanow, filling...

Bradley Bowman, senior director of FDD's Center on Military and Political Power, provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Dana Stroul, who serves as Director of Research and Shelly and Michael Kassen Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

HEADLINE 1: Anyone heard of Binance? It's the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange — a nd it may well have facilitated $1 billion in transactions for Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations — that’s billion with a “b.” HEADLINE 2: The Palestinian economy is on the brink of collapse. HEADLINE 3: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or “GHF,” is wrapping up its operations in Gaza...

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with former UK Ambassador to Yemen and current FDD Senior Fellow Edmund Fitton-Brown. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

WHAT CAN ISRAEL EXPECT FROM ITS NEIGHBORS? HEADLINE 1:  The IDF carried out strikes against several Hezbollah weapons storage facilities in south Lebanon. HEADLINE 2:  Israeli prosecutors charged seven men suspected of smuggling arms from Syria into Israel. HEADLINE 3:  Israeli prosecutors charged seven men suspected of smuggling arms from Syria into Israel. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer...

HEADLINE 1: The U.N. Security Council blessed Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza. HEADLINE 2: Syria opened its first trial over the mass killings of Alawite minorities last spring. HEADLINE 3: Yee Haw! The State of Texas designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with...

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. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MBS COMES TO TOWN? HEADLINE 1: The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on over two dozen targets that support Iran’s ballistic missile and drone production networks. HEADLINE 2: U.S. Central Command provided an update on operational activity in Syria. HEADLINE 3: Israeli forces dismantled a Hamas network in the West Bank. -- FDD Senior Research Analyst Natalie Ecanow, fill...

HEADLINE 1: French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. HEADLINE 2: The Houthis might be hitting pause on their attacks against Israel and Red Sea shipping. HEADLINE 3 : Iran said it dismantled a spy network linked to Israel and the United States. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conver...

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

WHAT HISTORICAL LESSONS MUST SHAPE GAZA'S FUTURE? HEADLINE 1: Israel is at its wit’s end with the porous Egyptian border. HEADLINE 2: Israel and Greece wrapped up joint military exercises this week. HEADLINE 3: Turkey held a terrorist summit in Istanbul on Wednesday. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Hebrew...

HEADLINE 1: Oman’s foreign minister called on countries in the Gulf to engage with…wait for it… Iran. HEADLINE 2: The U.S. sent a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling for the implementation of an International Stabilization Force, or “ISF,” which would operate in Gaza until 2027. HEADLINE 3: On Monday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that Beirut has no choice but to sit down and...