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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Mouaz Moustafa, executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF).Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

Bill is joined by his FDD colleagues David Daoud and Jon Schanzer — who literally wrote the book on conflict in Gaza — to discuss the ceasefire and hostage deal that has just been reached between Israel and Hamas.

Bill and co-host Joe Truzman discuss the supposedly imminent ceasefire agreement and subsequent hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas.

Co-host takeover David Daoud, Joe Truzman and Ahmad Sharawi discuss Lebanon's new president and implications for Hezbollah and the broader region, the continuing security challenges inside the West Bank, and the complex situation in post-Assad Syria — including Turkey's rising influence.

Bill and co-host Will Selber are joined by Lynne O'Donnell, Australian journalist, author and analyst. Lynne is no stranger to reporting from conflict zones, including serving as the Afghanistan bureau chief for the Associated Press and for Agence France-Presse. Lynne recounts her final days in A...

Amidst a new year and ahead of President Trump taking office in a matter of days, Bill is joined by co-hosts Joe Truzman and Behnam Ben Taleblu for a temperature check of some of the top security issues in the Middle East — including Israel's military operations in Syria, ongoing tensions with th...

Bill is joined by show regular Edmund Fitton-Brown to discuss Edmund's latest analysis for Long War Journal: The role of Iraqi Shia militias as proxies in Iran’s Axis of Resistance.

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Oded Ailam, former head of the Terrorism Division at Mossad.Learn more at: https://fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

A few facts central to any discussion of a deal between Israel and Hamas: —On Oct. 6, 2023. Gaza was not occupied. No Israelis lived there. No Israeli soldiers patrolled there. —Gaza was not an open-air prison. It had schools, malls, libraries, hospitals, restaurants, sandy beaches. —Hamas initia...

FDD Senior Fellow and former IDF International Spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Brigadier General (Ret.) Amir Avivi. The pair discuss the emerging Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal and its implications for the wide...