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**FDD Morning Brief**

The Middle East never stops moving. Neither does the FDD Morning Brief.

Three mornings a week, FDD Executive Director Jonathan Schanzer cuts through the noise with the experts who have spent their careers studying, shaping, and living the region’s most consequential moments. All before your morning coffee gets cold.

Latest Episodes:

France under fire | feat. Simone Rodan-Benzaquen Oct 19, 2026

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Tehran's AI-powered propaganda | feat. Jacob Breach Oct 16, 2026

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Al-Sharaa's Syria | feat. Andrew Tabler Oct 14, 2026

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Turkey helps Iran fly under the radar | feat. Ahmad Sharawi Oct 12, 2026

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Yemen’s armed forces, the ones loyal to the internationally recognized government in Southern Yemen, said they carried out 1,732 strikes against positions held by the Houthis on Sunday.
The documentary film called Naza, which alleges all sorts of terrible things against the Israel Defense Forces continues to make waves.
Lebanese authorities actually did their job on Thursday. Security services arrested two Hezbollah members transporting half-a-ton of explosives from the border regions with Syria toward Beirut.

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with FDD Senior Research Analyst Ahmad Sharawi.

Three years after October 7 | feat. Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus Oct 09, 2026

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This all-female IDF tank unit battled Hamas on October 7 | feat. Karni Guez Oct 07, 2026

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The Houthis aren’t slowing down their offensive and continue to do damage in Saudi Arabia.
Representatives from the Mecca pact — Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan — met in Riyadh.
The Norwegian Parliament is considering a proposal to create an independent list of designated terrorist organizations.
Iran’s interior minister was in Doha yesterday for meetings with Qatari officials.

FDD Senior Research Analyst Natalie Ecanow fills in for Jonathan Schanzer, providing timely situational updates and analysis ahead of a pre-recorded conversation between Jon and Karni Guez, a former IDF commander who led her all-female tank unit into battle on October 7.

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47 years of war with Iran | feat. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) Oct 05, 2026

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Beirut battles for its future | feat. Ronnie Chatah Oct 02, 2026

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Is the UN rotten beyond reform? | feat. Ambassador Jeff Bartos Sep 30, 2026

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Lebanon's sovereignty paradox | feat. Bilal Saab Sep 28, 2026

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