About this episode

The episode discusses recent Middle East headlines and features an interview with Miad Maleki.

Headlines: Sad news on Sunday morning. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina passed away following a brief illness after returning from a trip to Ukraine. Iraqi prime minister Ali al-Zaidi is due in Washington today for high level talks with the Trump Administration. Channel 12 in Israel released the contents of a handwritten letter penned in 2022 by none other than Yahya Sinwar. -- FDD Executive Director Jonathan Schanzer provides timely updates and in-depth analysis of the latest Middle East headlines, followed by a conversation with FDD Senior Fellow Miad Maleki. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

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