Ahmad Sharawi

2 weeks ago | fdd.org | Zachary Berman |Ahmad Sharawi |Bill Roggio

April 7, 2025 | The John Batchelor Show Turkey increases assistance to Syria

1 month ago | longwarjournal.org | Joe Truzman |Ahmad Sharawi

Open-source information indicates that media figure Dr. Fadel Naim, widely quoted by prominent international news outlets on casualties and the impacts of the war in Gaza, has close familial ties to Hamas, including being the brother of longtime Hamas leader Basem Naim.

1 month ago | longwarjournal.org | Joe Truzman |Ahmad Sharawi

Open-source information indicates that media figure Dr. Fadel Naim, widely quoted by prominent international news outlets on casualties and the impacts of the war in Gaza, has close familial ties to Hamas, including being the brother of longtime Hamas leader Basem Naim.

1 month ago | longwarjournal.org | Ahmad Sharawi |Joe Truzman

A Gaza-based doctor who is frequently quoted by major media outlets on the impacts of Hamas’s war with Israel has close familial ties to the terrorist group. Numerous family members of orthopedic surgeon Dr. Fadel Naim are or were Hamas members, including a son and nephew who were killed by the Israeli military and a brother who is Hamas leader Basem Naim, according to an analysis of open-source data conducted by FDD’s Long War Journal.

1 month ago | longwarjournal.org | Ahmad Sharawi |Thomas Joscelyn

Profiles of commanders in the new Syrian army’s regional divisions | On January 29, Syria’s new leadership announced the dissolution of the Assad regime’s Syrian Arab Army, followed by appointing militia leaders from the civil war to key military positions. FDD’s Long War Journal has identified and profiled several of these figures.