FDD Morning Brief

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 Morning Brief is a news podcast hosted by FDD, with 419 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  FDD Morning Brief | feat. Batya Ungar-Sargon (Apr. 28)

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  TARIFFS, TRUMP DOCTRINE, AND WHITE HOUSE DIVISIONS HEADLINE 1: The Palestinian Liberation Organization has a new vice president. HEADLINE 2: The Houthis launched yet another ballistic missile at Israel on Saturday morning. HEADLINE 3: Qatar and Saudi Arabia are settling Syria’s debt to the World Bank. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with author and Free Press columnist Batya Ungar-Sargon. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

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  Is the Bondi Beach massacre Australia's wake-up call? | feat. Joel Burnie

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  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 updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Joel Burnie, executive manager of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council. Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief --- Featured FDD Pieces: "It’s time for Brussels to designate Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist organization' - Behnam Ben Taleblu and Bridget Toomey, Euractiv "Mostly quiet on the Gazan front" - Clifford D. May, The Washington Times "How Turkey Props up Venezuela" - Sinan Ciddi and William Doran, The National Interest

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  Could Maduro's capture reshape U.S. global strategy? | feat. Cliff May

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  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 — captured the IRGC headquarters in the western Iranian town of Kermanshah. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with FDD Founder and President Cliff May. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/ -- Featured FDD Pieces: " Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: January " - FDD Experts " Southern Exposure: Trump’s Arrest of Maduro Brings Opportunities and Dangers " - Cliff May feat. Carrie Filipetti, Foreign Podicy " Mark Dubowitz: The regime clings to its ninth life " - Bill Roggio and Mark Dubowitz, Generation Jihad " Don’t make the mistake Obama did, Mr. President, enforce your Iran ‘red line’ " - Ahmad Sharawi, New York Post

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  An ancient city's modern divide | feat. Yishai Fleisher

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  AN ANCIENT CITY'S MODERN DIVIDE HEADLINE 1: Iran and Russia held joint naval exercises in and around the Gulf of Oman. HEADLINE 2: T he European Union officially designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. HEADLINE 3: Israel carried out a large counterterrorism operation in the town of Hebron this week. --- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Yishai Fleisher, who serves as the international spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Hebron. Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief --- Featured FDD Pieces: "Europe Looks to Israeli Tech to Defend Tanks" - Brad Bowman and Justin Leopold-Cohen, Real Clear Defense "Free Jimmy Lai!" - Cliff May, The Washington Times " Ukraine, four years in " - LinkedIn Newsletter: This Week at FDD

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  FDD Morning Brief | feat. Emily Schrader (Apr. 4)

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  MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON THE REGIME IN IRAN + MAXIMUM SUPPORT FOR THE IRANIAN PEOPLE HEADLINE 1: On Wednesday, the IDF struck what it described as “remaining military capabilities” that belonged to the former Bashar al-Assad regime. HEADLINE 2: The IDF is establishing a new security corridor in southern Gaza. HEADLINE 3: Russia and Iran’s deputy foreign ministers spoke with each other about Iran’s nuclear program. HEADLINE 4: The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a network of Houthi financiers and procurement operatives. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Emily Schrader, an Israeli journalist, author, and activist who serves as a news anchor at ILTV News. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

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