Adam Kredo

Adam Kredo is senior writer reporting on national security and foreign policy matters for the Washington Free Beacon. An award-winning political reporter who has broken news from across the globe, Kredo’s work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly Standard, Commentary Magazine, the Drudge Report, and the Jerusalem Post, among many others. His Twitter handle is @Kredo0. His email address is kredo@freebeacon.com.
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Iranian Forces in Yemen Demand Arms Smuggling Routes Be Opened

Yemen-Houthi peace talks stumble amid Houthi calls for attacks on Israel
Swedish Foreign minister Margot Wallstrom and UN special envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths

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Iranian-backed forces in Yemen are demanding the reopening of the country’s international airport, a stumbling block in tense negotiations taking place this week between warring factions in Sweden, according to U.S officials and Western sources on the ground who told the Washington Free Beacon this demand by Iran’s Houthi rebels would allow Tehran to continue importing weapons and militants in an area of the Middle East that leaves Israel vulnerable to attack.

U.S. Fears Iran Planning ‘Massive Regional War’ in Middle East

Trump vows support for Israeli defensive operations after identifying Iran as source of tunnels into Israel
Israeli Merkava tanks parked near the border with Lebanon, after the area was declared a closed military zone by the Israeli army

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The Trump administration disclosed that Iran is behind the construction of several underground tunnels leading into Israel that Hezbollah militants and other terror forces have been using to conduct attacks, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon and communicated fears that Tehran is preparing to lead a “massive regional war.”

Trump Admin Vows Penalties for European Countries Doing Business With Iran

U.S. sets hardline policy in face of European allies seeking to skirt sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign secretary

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BRUSSELS—The Trump administration will cut off all Iranian business interests in Europe and elsewhere as part of what it calls a “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran that seeks to isolate the Iranian hardline regime and its allies, according to senior U.S. officials and congressional insiders who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.

U.S. Confirms: Iran Successfully Fired Nuclear Capable Missiles

In violation of ban, Tehran shows off nuke-capable missiles as U.S. pressures Europe to take tougher line
Brian Hook

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Senior U.S. officials confirmed early Monday that Iran has successfully test-fired multiple nuclear-capable missiles in violation of United Nations restrictions on such activity, drawing a fierce reaction from the Trump administration, which will pressure European leaders this week to take immediate action aimed at countering Iran’s latest military moves.

Trump Admin, Congress Slam Airbnb Boycott of Israel as ‘Anti-Semitic’

Decision to stop some services in Israel met with strong opposition
Airbnb

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The recent decision by Airbnb to stop its services for Jews living in the West Bank of Israel is being met with criticism by the Trump administration and pro-Israel leaders on Capitol Hill, according to sources who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon about the company’s choice to join the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, or BDS, which aims to wage economic warfare on the Jewish state.

Iran Had Secret Plans to Build Five Nuclear Warheads

New report stirring Iran hawks on Capitol Hill, Trump administration
The reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant

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A new bombshell report based on a secret trove of seized Iranian nuclear documents shows the Islamic Republic had concrete plans to manufacture and build at least five nuclear weapons and that it was much further along in this scheme than previously known by the international community.

Iran’s contested nuclear weapons program was much further along than the international community thought, according to a report based on scores of secret Iranian plans seized by Israel and publicly disclosed for the first time earlier this year.