Amine Ayoub

Amine Ayoub is a policy analyst and writer based in Morocco. His media contributions appeared in The Jerusalem Post, Yedioth Ahronoth , Arutz Sheva ,The Times of Israel and many others. His writings focus on Islamism, jihad, Israel and MENA politics. He tweets at @amineayoubx.

Articles by this Author
Both Israel and Morocco are increasingly outmaneuvering their adversaries by creating undeniable facts on the ground while building robust international alliances.
Middle East Forum Online
The Parallels Between Morocco and Israel Are Impossible to Ignore
Both Nations Are Historical Pillars of Stability in a Volatile Region
June 24, 2026
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Middle East Forum Online
Algeria Is Spending $25 Billion to Counter Weapons Israel Built for Morocco
The Abraham Accords Have Reshaped The Maghreb’s Balance Of Power Far Beyond Their Diplomatic Origins.
June 23, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
France tied its recognition of a Palestinian state to Mahmoud Abbas’s pledge to hold national elections by June 2026. The deadline passed without a vote.
Middle East Forum Online
France Was Promised Palestinian Elections. It Got Abbas’s Son Instead
France Recognized Palestine in Exchange for Elections. The Deadline Passed with No Vote—and Another Abbas in Power
June 18, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
The Algerian military is turned against the Hirak protest movement’s remaining activists, independent journalists, lawyers, and Amazigh cultural figures. Hundreds of political prisoners remain in Algerian jails. The country ranks near the bottom of press freedom indices. Elections are managed affairs in which candidates are vetted before they appear on a ballot. Image: military fighting vehicles in a parade in Algiers, Algeria; July 5, 2020.
Middle East Forum Online
Algeria’s Military Diplomacy Theater: Strategic Ambiguity as a Tool of Survival
Algeria’s Military Establishment Is Not a Partner Seeking Regional Stability
June 16, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Vladimir Putin announced last week that Egypt's Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant could begin commissioning its first reactor unit as early as 2027. Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom is constructing four VVER-1200 reactors on Egypt's Mediterranean coast for $25 billion, financed through a soft Russian government loan that Cairo cannot easily escape.
Middle East Forum Online
Russia Is Building a Nuclear Beachhead in Egypt
Russia’s Role in Egypt’s Dabaa Nuclear Plant Is Less About Energy than Leverage—and Israel Is the Point
June 12, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Since assuming emergency powers in July 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saied has methodically dismantled democratic institutions, sidelined elected bodies, muzzled independent media, and violated human rights under the pretext of combating corruption and terrorism.
Middle East Forum Online
Tunisia’s Legal Trap: Saied Has Perfected the Art of Jailing Journalists
The Regime Recycles and Escalates Criminal Charges to Ensure That Inconvenient Voices Remain Locked Away
June 11, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Middle East Forum Online
Egypt’s Gaza Deployment: A Force Built to Fail
Egypt’s Refusal to Confront Hamas Exposes the Gaza Stabilization Force’s Fatal Mandate Problem
June 11, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Middle East Forum Online
Sisi Has Run This Con Seven Times. Washington Keeps Falling for It
Washington’s Strategic Dependence on Cairo Has Turned IMF Reform Into Political Theater
June 9, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
The Elbit Systems Hermes 900 Kochav is an Israeli medium-size, multi-payload, medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). ILA Berlin Air Show, June 5, 2024.
Middle East Forum Online
Europe Condemns Israel While Arms Makers Buy Billions in Israeli Weapons
European Armed Forces Are in the Midst of a Generational Modernization Push, and Israeli Defense Technology Sits at the Center of What They Need Most Urgently
June 7, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Middle East Forum Online
Algeria’s Generals Have Given Their Verdict Before a Single Vote Has Been Cast
Candidate Disqualifications and Military Oversight Reveal a Parliamentary Election Shaped Before Voters Arrive
June 5, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
When French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot rushed to convene an emergency U.N. Security Council session to condemn Israel's military advance toward the Zahrani River, he described the operations as “unacceptable.” Image: Barrot in Paris, March 11, 2025.
Middle East Forum Online
Rescuing Hezbollah: Inside France’s Panic over Israel’s Deepening Incursion
France Has a Particular Investment in the Fiction That Lebanese Sovereignty and Hezbollah’s Military Infrastructure Can Coexist Indefinitely
June 2, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Beijing under President Xi Jinping (above) has positioned itself throughout the Iran nuclear file as a responsible stakeholder, and it has the physical infrastructure, the diplomatic relationship with Tehran, and the incentive to prevent a full-scale regional war that would destabilize its energy supply chains.
Middle East Forum Online
Could the Iran War End with Tehran’s Uranium in China’s Vaults?
China Has Never Been a Disinterested Party in Iranian Nuclear Diplomacy
May 31, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Middle East Forum Online
Egypt Is in the Gulf, but It Won’t Fight Alongside Israel — And Iran Knows It
Egypt Is Deploying Forces to Defend Gulf States but Refuses Open Integration with a U.S.-Israel Regional Defense Network
May 28, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
For French President Emmanuel Macron, who has positioned himself as Europe’s indispensable foreign policy voice, Egypt offers a platform. But what France is offering Cairo in return is thin.
Middle East Forum Online
France Didn’t Lose the Sahel; It Was Rejected. The Difference Matters
President Emmanuel Macron’s Answer to the Wreckage of Françafrique Is a Pivot: Southward to Egypt and Eastward Into Anglophone Africa
May 28, 2026
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The Amazigh, Tuareg, and Tebu are telling the world, loudly and in formal diplomatic language, that the current arrangement fails that basic test. The question is whether anyone with the power to act is listening. Image: Tuareg people in 2011.
Middle East Forum Online
The United Nations Is Building Libya’s Next War by Excluding Its Indigenous Peoples
The U.N. Has Spent over a Decade in Libya Doing One Thing Consistently: Failing
May 27, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
The Great Renaissance Dam, Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia.
Middle East Forum Online
Egyptian President Sisi Is Using the Nile to Distract from His Failures
Ethiopia’s Red Sea Ambitions and Its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Serve as Pillars of a Narrative to Keep Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s Regime Relevant
May 26, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Hezbollah flags and a drone model display seen during the funeral ceremony of a Hezbollah terrorist killed while attacking Israel; South Lebanon, January 12, 2025.
Middle East Forum Online
Hezbollah Is Using the ‘Ceasefire’ to Produce More Drones for War Against Israel
First-Person-View Drones Cost Between $300 and $500 per Unit and Can Be Assembled in a Bedroom
May 25, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Middle East Forum Online
How Algeria Smothers Opposition Parties Before the Campaign Begins
This Is How Managed Democracies Work: Authority Is Always Located One Level Above Wherever You Happen to Be Standing.
May 15, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
More than 200 Ukrainian military officers and specialists are now operating in western Libya, coordinating with the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity under Abdul Hamid Dbeibah (above).
Middle East Forum Online
Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem Is Now Everyone’s Problem
For Years, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Presence Within Libya’s Tripoli-Based Government Was an Open Secret That Western Diplomats Preferred to Ignore
May 11, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Since assuming emergency powers in July 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saied has methodically dismantled democratic institutions, sidelined elected bodies, muzzled independent media, and violated human rights under the pretext of combating corruption and terrorism.
Middle East Forum Online
Tunisia’s Democratic Collapse Is a Warning Washington Cannot Afford to Ignore
The Government of Kais Saied Is Systematically Eliminating Every Institution Capable of Documenting or Resisting Its Own Conduct
May 2, 2026
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Amine Ayoub