Mike Jacobson

Senior Fellow @WashInstitute Reinhard CT Program | Iran Proxies, CT Strategy, Foreign Assistance | Former @StateDept CT & @USTreasury TFI

[Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin]

Syria has been removed from the U.S list for Countries Not Cooperating Fully With Antiterrorism Efforts

Yet Syria remains on the State Sponsorship of Terrorism List

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Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah has threatened direct strikes on US bases in Iraq if Washington intervenes, as Iran's April ceasefire collapses and Baghdad struggles to restrain Iran-backed militias. https://t.co/nriLyftZW2

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Houthis announce total ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, warning further escalation could extend to all ships bound for Israel. https://t.co/JARZcjFdIK #Houthis

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This is tied to a broader TWI study that Amb Romanowski, Ben Fishman and I are leading on the future of US foreign assistance in the Middle East.

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A new piece that I co-authored with Amb (Ret.) Alina Romanowski and Ben Fishman on the State Department’s foreign assistance cuts. https://t.co/1bBbtZHeru

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OFAC designated four individuals and multiple front companies -- including UAE- and Marshall Islands-registered shipping and energy entities -- tied to Iranian oil procurement networks subject to secondary sanctions under EO 13902. https://t.co/cUunUdl3DT #Iran #OFAC

[Matthew Levitt @Levitt_Matt]

How Iran Is Outsourcing Terror Plots Against Jews https://t.co/yboGVjA02T

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The teenagers enlisted as agents of mayhem by Russia and Iran https://t.co/hslmkJUxRf

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Hezbollah's Qassem rejects the US-brokered Lebanon-Israel ceasefire as "illusory," conditioning any Litani withdrawal on a full Israeli pullout -- leaving the agreement's core enforcement mechanism unresolved. https://t.co/fPnLliEll1 #Hezbollah

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Iran conditions any broader peace deal on a #Hezbollah ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah leader Qassem rejected a U.S.-brokered pact that excluded the group. https://t.co/EJuLjZ3Too

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Iraq’s drive to disarm militias could stall after hardliners demand US military exit https://t.co/Pw7qhghymi

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Lebanon ceasefire terms remain contested — Israel says strikes continue; IRGC-QF commander Qaani demands Israeli withdrawal to pre-war positions as a minimum condition for any broader U.S.-Iran deal. https://t.co/N7dk6yGbXU #Hezbollah

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Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that reopening the Strait of Hormuz is a "predicate to anything else happening" with Iran, while acknowledging no guarantee a nuclear deal will be acceptable to Congress or the public. https://t.co/feYL0sTp9I

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U.S.-Iran Distrust Holds Up an Agreement https://t.co/Pt26LR5aDk

[Matthew Levitt @Levitt_Matt]

He only preached death & destruction SOME of the time, so it was ok…

“He wasn’t preaching death and destruction all the time,” Dr. Hamawy added. “He had certain views that he spoke in certain forums, but that’s not what he did every single day.” https://t.co/4K2ND1VstF

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Beyond Disarmament: How the IRGC Keeps Hezbollah in Power Despite Its Military Losses https://t.co/48k4LqTcy8 @WashInstitute #Hezbollah #Iran

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IDF kills new Hamas military leader, reports 10 ceasefire violations May 21–May 28 https://t.co/HaVtRcqCyG

[Bundesanwaltschaft @GBA_b_BGH]

Weitere Festnahme im Zusammenhang mit Waffenbeschaffungen für die ausländische terroristische Vereinigung HAMAS, Pressemitteilung der #Bundesanwaltschaft vom 28.05.2026
https://t.co/MiYEFZTbhi

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The U.S. human rights and anticorruption sanctions architecture is vulnerable to exploitation by rivals seeking to target business and political opponents. https://t.co/7CIo1yQsDV @JustSecurity