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Jordan’s China Pivot Creates a New Security Risk for Israel
Amman Is Not Abandoning Washington or Jerusalem, but Chinese Digital Infrastructure Near the Jordan Valley Could Create New Intelligence and Cyber Vulnerabilities
August 26, 2026
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Middle East Forum Online
If Only 130 Slaughtered Christians Were Palestinian Arabs
Islamist Violence Has Killed Scores of Christians in Congo and Nigeria, Yet Their Deaths Barely Register in Western Newsrooms
August 26, 2026
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Middle East Forum Online
German Court Rulings Expose Turkish Intelligence Cell Inside Consulate and Police Network
Court Records Detail How Ankara Allegedly Used Its Consulate, Local Personnel, and German Police Information to Monitor Targets Abroad
August 26, 2026
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Abdullah Bozkurt
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Middle East Forum Observer
Middle East Tolerance Requires Attention to Pre-Islamic Past
A New Generation Is Growing up Blind to the Diversity Their Region Once Enjoyed and Susceptible to Propaganda
August 26, 2026
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Michael Rubin
Workers load a ship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Middle East Forum Observer
Is the United Arab Emirates’ Iran Trade Freeze Economic Shock or Strategic Pivot?
Enforcement Will Test Abu Dhabi’s Appetite to Absorb Domestic Costs While Pressuring Tehran
August 26, 2026
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Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in September 2025.
Middle East Forum Observer
Syria Is Not Ready for the Mecca Pact
Membership in the Alliance Now Would Be Largely Cosmetic, While Affirming Damascus’s Subordination to Other Members
August 26, 2026
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Sirwan Kajjo
Middle East Forum Online
Death and Sex in Palestine
How Palestinian Martyrdom Turned Death into a Reproducible Visual Culture of Sacrifice, Grief, and Political Mobilization
August 25, 2026
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Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Military aircraft and missiles at a Syrian military site targeted by Israel.
Middle East Forum Observer
Why Israel Must Strike at Syria’s Site 99
History Confirms That Only a Direct Display of Force Can Compel Arab Capitals to Reconsider Hostility to Israel
August 25, 2026
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Jose Lev Alvarez
An aerial view of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's sprawling capital.
Middle East Forum Observer
Is Washington Ready for Another Ethiopia-Eritrea War?
Asmara Employs a Highly Militarized Conception of Regional Security and Regularly Projects Force Beyond Its Borders
August 25, 2026
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Middle East Forum Online
A 1994 Terror Case Could Expose Iran’s Networks in Latin America
The Trial of a Hezbollah Suspect in Panama Could Shed New Light on Iranian-Backed Networks Operating Across the Western Hemisphere
August 24, 2026
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Todd Bensman