-
3 weeks ago | 
fdd.org | Zachary Berman |Ahmad Sharawi |Bill Roggio
April 21, 2025 | The John Batchelor Show Al-Sharaa: The great jihadist imposter
-
4 weeks ago | 
fdd.org | Reagan Easter |Ahmad Sharawi |Sinan Ciddi
“Turkey is a country that loves us, and we love it,” declared Abu Omar al-Nahdi, a former emir in al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch and now the leader of the newly formed Change and Liberation Movement in Yemen’s Hadhramaut region. The group openly embraces a pro-Turkey stance and reportedly receives political backing from Ankara. Nahdi himself reportedly maintains ties with key Turkish decision-makers.
-
1 month ago | 
longwarjournal.org | Ahmad Sharawi |Caleb Weiss |Romany Shaker |Thomas Joscelyn
Jordan foils Muslim Brotherhood terrorist plot | On April 15, the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) announced that it “foiled plans aimed at targeting national security, sowing chaos, and sabotage within Jordan.” The GID detained 16 suspects, stating it had monitored the activity since 2021. Sudan reports crackdown on suspected Islamic State cells in Khartoum | Sudan’s intelligence service has reported three raids on suspected Islamic State cells in Khartoum in the last week.
-
1 month 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.
-
1 month ago | 
longwarjournal.org | Ahmad Sharawi |Thomas Joscelyn |David Weinberg |Caleb Weiss
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.
-
2 months ago | 
fdd.org | Zachary Berman |Ahmad Sharawi |Bill Roggio
Skip to main content March 10, 2025 | The John Batchelor Show The massacre of Alawites in Syria and the lack of ceasefire enforcement by the LAF Issues: Hezbollah Lebanon Syria...
