Analysis & Commentary
Shabaab Suicide Assault Team Storms UN Compound in Mogadishu
A suicide assault team from Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, attacked a United Nations base in the capital of Somalia, killing several UN employees...
Heads Held High in Afghanistan
Of all the books that have come out of the Afghanistan war since 9/11, one of the finest is The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor, Jake Tapper’s...
Your World
FDD's Claudia Rosett discusses the current G8 Summit and its value in solving international crises.
Focus on Chemical Weapons in Syria
Two and half years into the Syrian civil war, with 93,000 confirmed deaths and counting, more than 5 million displaced civilians (that’s 25 percent of the entire population)...
Al Régimen de Asad No le Quedan Cartas
La tardía decisión de Obama de apoyar a los rebeldes responde a la idea de que el régimen de Asad puede ganar la guerra. Dudo que en la reunión del G-8 se proponga...
Iran President-Elect Promises Nuclear Transparency
Iran's president-elect Hasan Rohani is promising closer ties with the West during his term in power. He says relations with the US are an old wound that needs to be healed.
News Update
FDD's Clifford May discusses the G8 Summit's statement on Syria and the complexities in supporting the Syrian rebels.
CNN Newsroom
FDD's Reuel Marc Gerecht discusses the NSA surveillance program PRISM and its value in preventing terrorist attacks.
Is Obama a Berliner?
Obama: Ist er ein Berliner? The German weekly Die Zeit posed this question a few days ahead of the U.S. president's visit to the city on Tuesday, June 18. The article...
World Have Your Say
FDD's Mark Dubowitz debates the impact of Hassan Rouhani's victory in the recent Iranian election.
Newshour
FDD's Mark Dubowitz discusses the Iranian election and what Hassan Rouhani's victory means for the countries nuclear program.
Fox 5 Morning News
FDD's Emanuele Ottolenghi discusses the US's decision to provide military aid to the Syria rebels.
Iran President Talks Moderation, Maintains Nuclear Goal
Western hopes that Iran's newly elected president signals a new moderate shift by the mullahs who run the country may be misplaced, given Hasan Rowhani's support...
ISAF Captures al Qaeda Trainer in Kunar
The International Security Assistance Force confirmed that an al Qaeda leader and trainer who was targeted in an operation in Kunar province on June 6 has been captured.
Online Radicalization to Violence
The Internet is actively used by terrorist to inform, motivate and recruit “lone wolf” extremists and terrorists. Online self-radicalization to violence is the rising threat that...
Rowhani Is a Tool of Iran’s Rulers
The odds are poor that the election of Hassan Rowhani to the presidency will change Iranian society or diminish the power of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei and his praetorians...
The John Batchelor Show
Who will the US provide arms to in Syria and US forces withdrawing from Kunar province, Afghanistan.
Why You Shouldn’t Get Too Excited About Rouhani
Good riddance: The end of the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad era should be welcomed by all who want to see a free and democratic Iran and a peaceful resolution to the ongoing...
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Launches Suicide Assault at Hospital in Quetta
The al Qaeda and Taliban-linked Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed credit for a suicide assault on female Pakistani university students in the southwestern provincial capital of Quetta.
Al Qaeda Facilitator Targeted in Eastern Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted an al Qaeda facilitator in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar yesterday. He is the ninth al Qaeda operative...
