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The FDD Morning Brief provides timely situational updates on contemporary events. Start your Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 8:30am (ET) with digestible analysis and the headlines our experts are watching. The FDD Morning Brief can be streamed on YouTube, X, and is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
FDD hosts FDD Morning Brief, a news show with 380 episodes published.
Headlines: Israeli authorities charged two IDF Air Force mechanics with spying on behalf of Iran. France is getting feistier, threatening to impose sanctions on Israel if Jerusalem doesn’t change course in Gaza, the West
Headlines: An attempt on the life of the president of the United States on Saturday night. The talks scheduled between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States over the weekend didn’t happen. A serious exchange
Headlines: The United Arab Emirates announced that it’s leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC. Tensions are brewing between Israel and Ukraine over allegations that Israeli authorities ar
FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with FDD Senior Fellow Major General (Ret.) Amir Eshel. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief
Headlines: The Global Sumud Flotilla is back — this time without Greta Thunberg. Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei released a written statement yesterday to mark National Persian Gulf Day. Israel’s Rafael Advanced
Headlines: Hezbollah has been deploying a new category of drone that the IDF has struggled to counter. OPEC+, the broader alliance of oil-producing nations that includes OPEC members and additional producers like Russia,
Headlines: Reports broke suggesting that U.S. intelligence indicates Iran would need about nine months to a year to build a nuclear bomb. The United States, in partnership with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emir
Headlines: The Iranian regime and the United States traded fire in the Strait of Hormuz last night. The Trump administration issued another batch of sanctions as part of Operation Economic Fury. Reports yesterday suggest
Headlines: Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan met with a group of Hamas officials in Ankara over the weekend. The New York Times reported over the weekend that Russia is shipping drone components to Iran through the Ca
Today's headlines: Trouble continues in the Strait of Hormuz. Kosovo announced that it plans to deploy troops to the U.S.-backed international stabilization force for Gaza. The Iranian ambassador is still in Lebanon, and
Headlines: The UAE and Saudi Arabia both struck Iran during the latest round of conflict. Operation Economic Fury continues apace. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Qatar’s Minister of State for Defense Affai
Headlines We’ve got another flotilla on the way to Israel. Just what we all needed, right? A Hezbollah drone attack wounded four Israeli civilians in northern Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office sa
Headlines: Iranian drone attacks, whether launched by the regime or its Iraqi proxies, continue to plague the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Remember the yellow zone in Gaza? You know, the territor
Headlines: The Trump administration rolled out another batch of Iran sanctions , as well as a second package targeting four individuals associated with Palestinian terror groups and the Gaza flotilla. It’s official. Hama
Headlines Treasury sanctioned nine Hezbollah enablers who help preserve the terrorist group’s chokehold on Lebanon by obstructing peace or disarmament efforts. German federal prosecutors brought criminal charges against
Headlines: Israeli media reported that Shin Bet chief David Zini met with former Palestinian Authority security official Mohammad Dahlan in the United Arab Emirates. The regime in Iran executed a man accused of spying on
FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer hosts a special SITREP featuring FDD experts Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus and Behnam Ben Taleblu. They dissect the latest on the Iran deal: what we know, what we don't, and what w
Headlines: The Sultanate of Oman committed to increase trade and economic relations with Iran. The Treasury Department slapped sanctions on the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, which is the body that Iran’s Islamic Revolut
Headlines: The Israeli military is on the move in Lebanon. The IDF is set to move further north to do more damage to Hezbollah. We’ll keep with Lebanon and note here that the Europeans are nudging their way into this the
Headlines: At least two maritime vessels were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz overnight, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations. The Treasury Department issued a fresh batch of Iran sanctions , this time targetin
Natasha Hausdorff
Barrister, Advocate · Ardent Legal Defender of Israel
2 appearances on this show
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Iran Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow · Foundation for Defense of Democracies
8 appearances on this show
Andrew Fox
New Zealand Country Manager · Rainbow Hill Recovery
4 appearances on this show
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
resident senior fellow · Realign for Palestine
6 appearances on this show
Norman Roule
former National Intelligence Manager, ODNI; former Division Chief, CIA Operations Officer, Chief of Station
2 appearances on this show
Eugene Kontorovich
3 appearances on this show
Roy K. Altman
federal judge, author
2 appearances on this show
Miad Maleki
former US Treasury official, research fellow, former CENTCOM official · FDD
2 appearances on this show
Ilan Berman
Senior Vice President · American Foreign Policy Council
4 appearances on this show
Ray Takeyh
Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies · Vandenberg
2 appearances on this show
Einat Wilf
former MK, author and CEO of the Oz party · Oz
4 appearances on this show
Nadav Eyal
Senior Columnist · Yediot Ahronot
6 appearances on this show
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