Had a blast hanging out with the great Julian Dorey on his always-entertaining podcast, to talk about books and take a virtual tour of the Middle East and its endless crises. Thanks for a terrific conversation!

Iran is moving to triple its production of enriched uranium at a key nuclear site. The Fordow facility, built inside a mountain to ward off airstrikes, could potentially make multiple bombs' worth of HEU a month if the upgrade is completed. Our story wapo.st/3xonNU2

Sanctions crushed Syria’s elite. So they built a zombie economy fueled by drugs. A must-read from Joby Warrick and Souad Mekhennet. One of the first salvos in The Washington Post's forthcoming series on what America's love of economic sanctions has wrought. wapo.st/3zZRVWP

The main takeaway from Joby Warrick‘s latest article The Washington Post Assad is a narco trafficking genocidal war criminal dictator. Sanctions must remain & be strengthened against him & those who aid his crimes.

thanks George K. Mehok for the shout-out. Great list!

Officials:Iran seeks China’s help with surveillance satellites to expand its capability for remote surveillance and intelligence gathering, including high-resolution images of military targets in the Middle East. ⁦Joby Warrick⁩ ⁦Souad Mekhennet⁩ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

reupping this praise for the great Craig Whitlock 's wonderful new book. This may be my favorite line from a book reviewer this year: "Whitlock's book is a farce of the highest order, as richly stuffed as the liver of a foie gras goose." Nicolas Niarchos

Some jaw dropping details in this Souad Mekhennet Joby Warrick story: from nine years of compromised Hezbollah comms through walkie talkies to a feature that ensured operatives were holding the pagers that would explode with both hands washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/…

New details emerge of Israel’s elaborate plan to sabotage Hezbollah communications devices to kill or maim thousands of its operatives. Latest with the amazing ⁦Joby Warrick⁩ washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/…

Hamas documents recovered by Israel suggest Hamas had far-reaching plans for the destruction of Israel in addition to Oct 7. It was soliciting Iran’s support, but no evidence Iran had given it. By Joby Warrick Souad Mekhennet & Loveday Morris washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

“The upgrades are consistent with this secure, top-secret military biological facility’s historic role in developing viral biological weapons,” said Weber, a Senior Fellow at ⁦Council on Strategic Risks⁩ - Article by ⁦Jarrett Ley⁩ & ⁦Joby Warrick⁩ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Two Marines forged a friendship on the battlefields of World War I. One died in combat. A century later, the survivor’s recorded memories bring a long-delayed closure. A personal story for me and my family. wapo.st/4eEBuxE

Inside a sanctions spy war by Joby Warrick: "Ukrainian air defense crews began noticing something odd about the one-way attack drones that Russia regularly launches against Ukrainian cities. They would swoop in, but then something would go wrong..." wapo.st/3ZDWoZA

Syria's brutal dictator is gone. Here's one reason why the road ahead may not be an easy one. Our take, with Ellen Nakashima Amid Syria’s upheaval, a wariness over the rebels’ Islamist roots wapo.st/4g8VFWk

Thanks, Price Floyd !

I recommend “Red Line” by Joby Warrick to anyone seeking to better understand the context behind what is unfolding in Syria and how we got here. Though a few years old, it remains as timely and prescient as ever in light of today’s events.

More than 360 tons of mustard gas. A swimming pool of sarin precursors lost "due to traffic accidents." The race is on to find Syria's missing chemical weapons, and Joby Warrick tells you everything you need to know.

Inspired by ISIS: From a Taylor Swift plot in Vienna to carnage in New Orleans. Latest with the amazing ⁦Joby Warrick⁩ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

One would-be terrorist dreamed of bombing a Taylor Swift concert. Another concocted a plan to unleash mayhem in New Orleans. A common thread: ISIS provided inspiration and a “cause." How radicalization works in the social-media age, with Souad Mekhennet wapo.st/3Pj9SE6

I was horrified recently to learn that an Italian student traveling in Iraq was detained because he happened to be carrying my book Black Flags. Happily Marco is back home & safe. W/ help from La nave di Teseo Elisabetta Sgarbi he has a new signed copy of the Italian edition!