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Four presidents. One persistent enemy. On today’s episode of The Iran Breakdown, @brett_mcgurk, author of Brink, joins @mdubowitz to explain what Washington got right and wrong on Iran, and whether America is winning. https://t.co/DrnSviWn9g

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The Islamic republic’s aspirations have always revolved around the challenge of how to do more with less. If the regime can survive Trump’s attempt to strangle it and provoke an uprising, the theocrats and guardsmen just might figure it out, writes @ReuelMGerecht & Ray Takeyh:
https://t.co/zRiQsbZ1Dh

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Washington must field next-generation bunker-busters capable of reaching sites like Pickaxe Mountain, and work with Israel on methods such as subterranean drills that can collapse tunnel complexes from above, writes @StrickerNonpro:
https://t.co/R5UPfse1VF

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North Korean troops fighting in Europe. Chinese chemicals fueling Iran's missiles.

America's adversaries are coordinating like never before. @Brad_L_Bowman, @ElaineDezenski & @MarkCMontgomery explain how.

Order Axis of Aggressors now: https://t.co/HPgCPtXMsU

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🎙️ NEW Foreign Podicy: What the hell is going on in Canada — and Europe?

@DrCaseyBabb joins @CliffordDMay to discuss extremism, antisemitism, and threats to Western democracies — plus his new book “The Moral Case for Zionism,” out October 22 👇
https://t.co/ApEwg1UIZD

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Turkey Has Outsourced Its Censorship to American Companies

Helin Unal in @thecipherbrief: https://t.co/LCOqnVspa2

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Protests break out in Syria against ‘Israeli incursions and attacks’ as tensions rise

@sfrantzman in FDD’s @LongWarJournal: https://t.co/uv0Mrw7psh

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Ukrainian intelligence details new low-cost Russian cruise missile

@JohnH105 in FDD's @LongWarJournal: https://t.co/NUrZGstd5i

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U.S. and Israeli strikes in 2025 and 2026 set Iran’s nuclear program back by more than two years.

Now the Islamic Republic is attempting to make up for lost time by rebuilding its nuclear-weapons option underground.

My latest for @NYPostOpinion: 🔗

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The constant Hezbollah attacks on Israel that immediately followed the October 7, 2023, Hamas atrocities underlined UNIFIL’s failure to deliver on its mandate.

@BenCohenOpinion explains:
https://t.co/gbSzch227i

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The OPCW has fully drawn down its emergency Working Capital Fund, and core activities — including Syria deployments and technical assistance — may soon be curtailed.

@StrickerNonpro discusses: https://t.co/eixAoifBJt

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🎙️ NEW Generation Jihad: The Houthis are advancing along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, besieging Taiz, and striking Saudi airports and energy infrastructure.

@billroggio and @BridgetKToomey on whether Saudi Arabia can contain an increasingly powerful enemy 👇
https://t.co/E9jmuv60yV

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Iran is Not Bowing to Pressure

Even with inflation soaring and its economy cracking, Tehran strategy remains the same.

@ReuelMGerecht and Ray Takeyh in @washingtonpost: https://t.co/N7Im42KAYr

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The U.S. Should Back Israel’s Push for Advanced Space Technology

New FDD Policy Brief by Emmerson Overell: https://t.co/kbcuRcBodt

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FBI arrests alleged Islamic State supporter accused of plotting to assassinate Texas congressman

@AggieWill00 in FDD’s @LongWarJournal account: https://t.co/sJw8LKDwUA

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Turkey and Pakistan Loop Qatar and Indonesia Into Burgeoning Defense Axis

New FDD Policy Brief by @NatalieEcanow and Helin Unal: https://t.co/lazR6eidIz

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Moscow’s links to African states are helping Russia continue its war in Ukraine.

Russia is building sanctions-evasion architecture on the continent, says Michelle Kernitsky: https://t.co/GRlbIceoye

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If Ethiopia uses Eritrea’s current border incursion as an excuse to seize one of Eritrea’s Red Sea ports, the combat could easily create enough risk to delay the 7 percent of global oil output flowing through the neighboring Bab el-Mandeb Strait, giving Iran a stronger hand in its war against the United States and Israel, says @EFittonBrown & Grant Wishard: https://t.co/7sLhA2v602

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Iran Pushes Hard on its Nuclear Rebuild — Daring Trump to Strike Again

@StrickerNonpro in @nypost: https://t.co/PJZTSL3nuy