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Overnight Brief: May 21, 2024
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FDD Research & Analysis
- "The Death of Iran’s President Does Not Bode Well," The New York Times
- "Defund ICC’s ‘kangaroo court’ as it wages anti-Israel lawfare," New York Post
- "Deaths of Iranian president, FM will have no significant change on Israel," The Jerusalem Post
- "How Iran Is Trying to Punish Jordan for Helping Israel," Haaretz
- "Gustavo Petro’s Anti-Israel Fantasy Has a High Price for Colombia," The National Interest
- "Don’t Forget the Air Highways," Real Clear Energy
- "Houthis escalate Red Sea ship attacks in tandem with other Iranian proxies," The Jerusalem Post
- "Escalation with Hezbollah places Israel in a bind," The Jerusalem Post
- "Iran’s Raisi joins long list of political leaders involved in mysterious crashes," The Jerusalem Post
- "Israel’s media and political discussions are watched closely in region," The Jerusalem Post
- "How Ebrahim Raisi transformed Iran’s role in the region," The Jerusalem Post
- "Hamas hostage video reveals depths of group’s evil," The Jerusalem Post
- "Opium protests catalyze anti-Taliban sentiments," FDD's Long War Journal
- "Israel and U.S. Outraged by ICC Warrant Applications for Israeli Leaders," FDD Flash Brief
- "Israel Eliminates Hamas Terrorist Who Used Police Role to Advance Terror Attacks," FDD Flash Brief
- "Iran Arrests More Than 260 People at Alleged ‘Satanist’ Gathering," FDD Flash Brief
- "Qatari Royal Facing Arrest Warrant in UK Over $6 Billion Debt," FDD Experts
- "Israel SitRep: May 20, 2024," FDD Experts, FDD Israel at War Situation Report
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- Yorktown Institute’s Shay Khatiri: Iran’s succession after Ebrahim Raisi
- Kremlin says military will hold nuclear exercises in appropriate timeframe
- Six pro-Iran fighters reported killed in Israeli strikes in Syria
- Lebanon: IDF eliminates Hezbollah rocket chief
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