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Turkey Uses Iran to Back New Syrian Invasion, Blackmailing NATO at Same Time

Iran's foreign minister appeared to indicate that Tehran would not oppose a Turkish invasion of another part of Syria. Turkey invaded Syria in a series of campaigns beginning in 2016, eventually resulting in the ethnic cleansing...

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Two Judges Handpicked by Erdoğan Rule Rights of ISIS Executioner Were Violated

Two judges on Turkey's Constitutional Court appointed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in dissenting opinions that the rights of a convicted Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist who executed people in...

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Iran Is Worried about U.S.-Israel-Saudi Talks Ahead of Biden's Trip

The progression in Israel-Saudi relations is worrying Iran, something that is clear from the significant coverage of Iran on the issue, and also by Iran's attempt to smooth over its relations with Riyadh through Iraq. Iran also...

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Is Iran's IRGC Falling Apart from the Inside?

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is reportedly cleaning house after a series of intelligence failures, including IRGC officers who have been assassinated in Iran, or died under mysterious circumstances, becoming...

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'No Shakespeare' without Islam?

A.J. Caschetta dismantles Matthew Dimmock's claim that "without #Islam there would be no Shakespeare."

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First Lebanon War 1982: A Turning Point for Israel

This month marks 40 years since Israel's launching of Operation Peace for Galilee. The First Lebanon War, as the operation and the subsequent events are now collectively known, has an oddly minor presence in the Israeli...

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Will Turkey Invade Northern Syria Again?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a speech given at a Turkish military exercise on June 9, gave the latest of a series of hints pointing to a possible upcoming Turkish military operation in northern Syria. Speaking at...

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Israel Needs to Change Its Strategy Against Hamas

Pnina Shuker: Israel's unwillingness to destroy an observation/sniper tower overlooking Netiv Ha'asara for fear it would kill too many #Hamas operatives is emblematic of an Israeli strategy that must "start changing ... and fast."

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Spotlight: Putin’s Middle East Footprint

Nearly all Middle Eastern governments have been reluctant to join the U.S.-led coalition against Russian President Vladimir Putin in response to his invasion of Ukraine, and for largely the same reason. While three successive U.S. administrations from Obama to Biden have disengaged from the region, Putin skillfully leveraged regional power rivalries to increase vastly Russia’s presence and influence there.

The Middle East Forum's staff, fellows, contributors, and guests have spent years closely examining how Putin did this. See the selections at right.

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Why the Russia-Iran Alliance Will Backfire
by Michael Rubin (Winter 2022)
Turkey Drifting Further into Russian Orbit
by Burak Bekdil (Nov 9, 2021)
Russia's Attempts to Move Closer to Egypt Are Made Possible by US Absence
by Jonathan Spyer (Oct 22, 2020)
How Putin Is Winning in Syria
by Leni Friedman Valenta & Jiri Valenta (Summer 2020)
Putin is the New King of Syria
by Jonathan Spyer (Oct 16, 2019)
Two Bullies, Putin and Erdoğan, Try Friendship
by Daniel Pipes (Dec 23, 2016)
Why Putin Wants Syria
by Jiri Valenta & Leni Friedman Valenta (Spring 2016)
Putin vs Erdogan
by Jonathan Spyer (Nov 28, 2015)
Putin's Pro-Israel Policy
by Mark N. Katz (Winter 2005)

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