Bianna Golodryga
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@CNN Anchor, Sr Global Affairs analyst, co-author ‘Don’t Feed the Lion’ with @leviyonit (pre-order link below), wife, mother, proud immigrant, ❤️ Houston, TX
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.Miad Maleki: “within 2 wks, Iran won’t be able to store oil and will have permanent long term damage to extracting it. The regime won’t be able to pay salaries if they can't collect taxes without selling metals, petrochemicals and petroleum. That is going to really hurt them.”
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“The US and Israel are of course using kinetic power, but we are using soft power as well through different ideas because we need to collaborate with the public in Iran and make sure they will be responsible for their future.” - former Israeli Defense Minister יואב גלנט - Yoav Gallant
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“I remember walking by another room in the tunnel, seeing a big amount of food…huge amounts. So I was being starved, There’s no question about it.” For the majority of his 505 days in captivity, Omer Shem Tov survived on one biscuit and salty water a day. He lost over 50lbs.
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"I felt that someone had cleaved part of my body off and walked away. But I knew that wouldn't be productive in trying to save him...I would say to myself, 'Pretend to be a human. Get up, go’ And I would go because it was my son." Part 1 of my interview with Rachel Goldberg-Polin
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Hamas released a video hostage Liri Elbag. I spoke to her mother in Oct.: “Liri and Naama are little girls, young girls that for one year are there, in hell. People in the world forget them. Our government, the media, and all over the world. They forget they are still there.”
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“She’s the daughter of a lioness, they are fighters. Proud Jewish girls who never lost hope.” Released hostage Daniella Gilboa’s uncle Razi, tells me. CNN was the only international network to witness in real time the return of four female hostages alongside their families today.
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“Hamas is using my brother in this twisted, sick experiment on human lives. It’s not pressured enough…All leaders of all nations should stand up united and put every ounce of pressure they can on Hamas. Hamas must be begging for a deal.” - Ilay David, brother of hostage, Evyatar
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Weeks after arguing US strategy is working, د. مهند سلوم doubles down: Iran’s deterrence is shattered and Javad Zarif's peace plan is pure desperation. With zero Gulf allies left, Tehran is scrambling for an off-ramp while Trump tries to convert ultimatums into a final deal.
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“Tonight we’re gonna win 2-0. The US is going to make it to Seattle. We’re gonna bring the noise and we’re gonna bring the ruckus to the game.” -AO Brian Hexsel called the win and final score for U.S. Soccer Men's National Team with me earlier today. See you in Seattle! 🇺🇸
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“I think the regime is fracturing. I think the regime is desperate and at its weakest point. But I also think, as I’ve always thought, that even at its weakest, this regime is capable of wreaking havoc…it’s weak, it’s desperate but it’s still dangerous.” - Abbas Milani
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“Iran was weeks from enriching uranium for 8 bombs…Israel’s operations this week has set back Iran’s nuclear program by several years.” In his first interview with foreign media since leaving office, former Israeli Defense minister יואב גלנט - Yoav Gallant weighs in on strikes against Iran.
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"We are on an escalatory path." Dan Senor & נדב איל Nadav Eyal on the war's next phase and on the IDF underestimating Iran's missile capabilities—they can keep firing until the very last day. Critical context: The campaign has still wiped out 80-90% of Iran’s initial launch capacity.
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“My argument is that the US strategy on the ground is working and is going in the right direction that was set for - which is namely degrading Iran’s capability of harming US interests and US allies.” د. مهند سلوم breaks down his widely read Al Jazeera piece.
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“I can’t imagine why he decided to go…Putin is an indicted war criminal and the UN Secretary General went to see him? This is unacceptable.” - Former US Amb to Ukraine William Taylor on whether it was appropriate for Antonio Guterres to travel to Russia for the BRICS Summit.
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