About this episode

Sinan Ciddi provides updates on Hezbollah's drone capabilities, OPEC+'s oil production increase, and U.S.-Iran negotiations with insights from Ahmad Sharawi.

Headlines: Hezbollah has been deploying a new category of drone that the IDF has struggled to counter. OPEC+, the broader alliance of oil-producing nations that includes OPEC members and additional producers like Russia, met on Sunday and agreed to bump up oil production by 188,000 barrels a day starting in June. U.S.-Iran negotiations hit another wall this past weekend. -- FDD Turkey Program Director Sinan Ciddi fills in for Jonathan Schanzer, providing timely situational updates and analysis ahead of a conversation with FDD Senior Research Analyst Ahmad Sharawi. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

People in this episode

Host: Sinan Ciddi

Guest: Ahmad Sharawi

Topics covered

• Middle East
• drone warfare
• oil production
• U.S.-Iran relations
• Hezbollah
• OPEC+

Keywords

• Hezbollah
• IDF
• OPEC+
• oil production
• U.S.-Iran negotiations
• drones
• Middle East

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hezbollah, IDF, OPEC+, Russia, FDD

Places: U.S., Iran

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