There Are Multiple Separate Entities That Over the Years Have Claimed the Title of the SSNP in Syria and Lebanon
Washington’s Mixed Signals About Core Issues Encourage Islamist Groups to Expand Their Influence and Test Boundaries
Lebanon’s Failure to Enforce Its Own Commitments Is Deepening Regional Instability
Turkey’s Coordinated Military and Diplomatic Gamble to Reshape the Region’s Security Map
Demanding Full Transparency on Washington’s Decision to Leave an American Behind in Iran
The Book’s Circulation Says More About Arab Antisemitic Folklore Than About Nazi Ideology.
Tunisia’s President Has Replaced Democratic Promise With a Weaponized Judiciary That Punishes Dissent and Resurrects the Authoritarian Tactics of the Ben Ali Era
Religion Is The Elephant in the ‘Grooming Gangs’ Room
U.S. President Pledged to Steer Clear of Projects like George W. Bush’s Iraq and Afghanistan Commitments
Spotlight on Syria, a Year after Assad’s Fall
A year after Ahmad Al-Sharaa and his formerly Al Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took Damascus and overthrew the Assad regime, where goes the new Syria?
Many observerss say Al-Sharaa has cast his terrorist ties aside, but his appointments and actions tell a different story. ISIS is again on the rise and many of the former terrorist commanders of HTS now wear uniforms of the Syrian Army. Minority populations are also under attack. Is Syria really on the road to peace, or is this just the calm before a renewed storm?
Many observerss say Al-Sharaa has cast his terrorist ties aside, but his appointments and actions tell a different story. ISIS is again on the rise and many of the former terrorist commanders of HTS now wear uniforms of the Syrian Army. Minority populations are also under attack. Is Syria really on the road to peace, or is this just the calm before a renewed storm?
The New Regime Promises Reform and Moderation When Engaging with the West, but Its Real Policy Is to Eliminate Syria’s Diversity
Middle East Quarterly - Current Issue
Founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, MEQ is the Middle East Forum’s journal intended for both scholars and the educated public. Policymakers, opinion-makers, academics, and journalists write for and read the Quarterly, which is known for exclusive interviews, in-depth historical articles, and book reviews on subjects ranging from archaeology to politics and on countries from Morocco to Iran.
Winter 2026 Volume 33: Number 1
Winter 2026 Volume 33: Number 1
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Badar Khan Suri, a Fellow at Georgetown University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Has Been Arrested and Faces Deportation Proceedings -
Rasool Is Entrenched in American Islamist Organizations, with Close Ties to the Virginia-Based Saar Network -
RSSI Aims to Mobilize U.S. Policymakers, Global Shipping Leaders, and International Stakeholders to Address This Vital Issue -
The Moment Has Come for the U.S. and Israel to Take Decisive Military Action Against Iran’s Nuclear Forces
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By Marching in Tandem with Islamists and Yelling ‘Free Palestine,’ LGBT Activists Defend Terror Organizations and Demonize Zionists and Israel -
A Concerted Policy Is Needed in Order to Ensure That Hezbollah Doesn’t Rise from the Ashes -
The Isolationists Ignore the Cold Reality That Withdrawing from the World Does Not Keep Rogue, Aggressive Nations at Bay -
Dhimmitude Is the Mechanism That Transformed Strong Judeo-Christian Civilizations Into Islamic Ones
Middle East Forum Observer
Founded in 2024, the Observer provides rapid analysis on leading Middle East developments, from Marrakech to Mashhad and the Bab el-Mandeb to the Black Sea.
Launched in 2006, Islamist Watch is a project of the Middle East Forum. We work to combat the ideas and institutions of lawful Islamism in the United States and throughout the West. Arguing that “radical Islam is the problem, moderate Islam is the solution,” we seek to expose the Islamist organizations that currently dominate the debate, while identifying and promoting the work of moderate Muslims.
CAMPUS WATCH, a project of the Middle East Forum, reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America with an aim to improving them. The project mainly addresses five problems: analytical failures, the mixing of politics with scholarship, intolerance of alternative views, apologetics, and the abuse of power over students. Campus Watch fully respects the freedom of speech of those it debates while insisting on its own freedom to comment on their words and deeds.
Antisemitism
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By Suspending Work Visas for El Al’s Israeli Security Staff, Macron Appeases Radicals Rather than Ensuring Aviation Safety -
Rife with Antisemitic Tropes, the Books Omit References to Hamas’s Slaughter of Israelis, the Holocaust, and Jordan’s Peace Treaty with Israel -
From Their Support for the Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) Movement, to Hosting Terrorists, to Accepting Terrorist Tainted Funding, Some of the Nation’s Top Universities Have Become Part of the Palestinian Resistance -
From Their Support for the Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) Movement, to Hosting Terrorists, to Accepting Terrorist Tainted Funding, Some of the Nation’s Top Universities Have Become Part of the Palestinian Resistance
Gaza
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The Broad Framework, Based on past Peace Efforts, Would Grow Trade Relations and Create Joint Security Arrangements -
Hamas Seems Determined to Show That It Controls Events on the Ground -
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Presence at the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit Is a Clear Geopolitical Mistake -
At Its Height, in the 15-Month Period Between April 2024 and July 2025, This Was a Region-Wide, State-to-State Conflict
Islam
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[T]he Whole Complex Process of European Expansion and Empire … Has Its Roots in the Clash of Islam and Christendom -
The Three Suspects Allegedly Wanted to Avenge the Arab-Berber Troops Defeated in 732 by Charles Martel at the Battle of Poitiers -
If It Looks Like a Duck, Walks Like a Duck, and Quacks Like a Duck, Then It’s Probably a Duck -
Focusing On Issues We Find Offensive but Which Do Not Affect Non-Muslims Creates Confusion Concerning Aspects of Islam That Affect So-Called Infidels
Muslims in the US
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The Lenny Zakim Fund gave $100,000 to an organization that later lionized a young man who immolated himself to protest American support for Israel -
‘We Must Have More Children than the Christians … to Destroy Them Here’ -
Americans Deserve a Full-Scale Investigation Into What Happened in Chicago and How to Prevent the Next Open-Borders-Enabled Attack on U.S. Soil -
The Misnamed ‘Muslim Ban’ Sharply Curtailed Immigrant and Non-immigrant U.S. Visas for Foreign Nationals from 13 Nations
