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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.

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

AN ANCIENT CITY'S MODERN DIVIDE HEADLINE 1: Iran and Russia held joint naval exercises in and around the Gulf of Oman. HEADLINE 2: The 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

30 Min.
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Is Washington too sold on Syria's new strongman? | feat. Andrew Tabler

HEADLINE 1: More countries are planning to contribute troops to the International Stabilization Force in Gaza. HEADLINE 2: The Lebanese government provided an update on disarming Hezbollah. HEADLINE 3: Qatar is taking some heat right now from an unlikely place: the Israeli left. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Andrew Tabler of The Washington Institute. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief -- Featured FDD Pieces: "Allies, Adversaries, and the Axis" - Bradley Bowman and LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, Foreign Podicy "Did Iran Use Chemical Weapons on Protesters?" - Andrea Stricker (writing with Gregory D. Koblentz), The National Interest "Trump could be missing the opportunity to rebuild the Navy efficiently and quickly" - RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, New York Post

28 Min.
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"Peace through strength" or posture without strategy? | feat. Steve Hayes

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Steve Hayes, CEO and editor of The Dispatch. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

27 Min.
13. FEB.

Will war return to Gaza? | feat. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

HEADLINE 1: The United States smuggled thousands of Starlink internet terminals into Iran. HEADLINE 2: Remember the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation? A security firm based in North Carolina called UG Solutions helped secure the group’s aid distribution sites. Well, UG Solutions might be coming back. HEADLINE 3: Israel successfully completed new tests with its David’s Sling missile defense system. -- 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 -- Featured FDD Pieces: "Egypt Tests Trump’s Pledge to Defend Persecuted Christians" - Mariam Wahba, Newsweek "A few words of advice on Iran and Gaza" - Cliff May, The Washington Times "Al Jazeera Centre for Studies: Academic Veneer Normalizing Terrorism" - Toby Dershowitz and Qatar expert Eitan Fischberger, FDD Insight

25 Min.
11. FEB.

Trump drew a red line. Tehran crossed it. Now what? | feat. Rich Goldberg

HEADLINE 1: Turkish forces aren’t leaving Syria anytime soon. HEADLINE 2: Israel indicted two more individuals for allegedly spying on behalf of Iran. HEADLINE 3: Indonesia is planning to participate in the International Stabilization Force in Gaza. -- FDD Executive Director Jonathan Schanzer provides timely updates and in-depth analysis of the latest Middle East headlines, followed by a conversation with FDD Senior Advisor Richard Goldberg. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/ -- Featured FDD Pieces: "Whither the Hamas solidarity movement?" - Ben Cohen, JNS "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Houthis But Were Afraid to Ask" - Cliff May and Edmund Fitton-Brown, Foreign Podicy "Weaponized Mass Migration" - RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe

24 Min.
9. FEB.

Is Turkey Iran's successor? | feat. Reuel Marc Gerecht

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former CIA Iranian-targets officer and current FDD resident scholar. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

28 Min.
6. FEB.

What will it take to rebuild Gaza? | feat. Ghaith Al-Omari

HEADLINE 1: Even with talks this weekend, Iran continues to escalate in the Middle East. HEADLINE 2: Israel continues to even the score from October 7. HEADLINE 3: And I really don’t like this: Egypt and Turkey signed a military cooperation agreement in Cairo. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Ghaith Al-Omari, senior fellow at The Washington Institute and former senior advisor to the Palestinian Authority. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/ -- Featured FDD Pieces: "Should Western Tech Giants Partner With Pro-Hamas Network Al Jazeera?" - Toby Dershowitz and Asher Boiskin, The Cipher Brief "Why Is the Trump Administration Wiring Venezuelan Oil Revenue to Qatar?" - Natalie Ecanow, The Dispatch "Sudanese Army Breaks Key Siege as U.S. Leads Humanitarian Aid Push" - Mariam Wahba, FDD Policy Brief

27 Min.
4. FEB.

Gaza's societal reconstruction | feat. Adi Schwartz

HEADLINE 1: UNRWA is back in the news. And that’s generally not a good thing for the UN’s most corrupt agency. HEADLINE 2: Earlier this week, the IDF dropped some sort of non-toxic chemical substance near the Blue Line. The Israelis have been consistently clearing greenery to ensure unhindered lines of sight. UNIFIL was outraged. HEADLINE 3: Lebanon’s army chief headed to Florida this week for meetings with his American counterparts. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Israeli journalist and "The War of Return" co-author Adi Schwartz. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief -- Featured FDD Pieces: "After Erdogan: Who Will Control Turkey?" - Sinan Ciddi and William Doran, FDD Memo "Reimagining Mediterranean Security with Greek Minister for National Defense Nikos Dendias" - FDD Event "Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: February" - FDD Experts

26 Min.

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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.