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Middle East Forum Observer
UNRWA Is Complicit in Terror; Disband It
August 7, 2024
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Gregg Roman
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What Will Iran Do Next?
August 7, 2024
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Jonathan Spyer
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To Defeat the Houthis, Starve Their Military Resupply
August 7, 2024
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Michael Rubin
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A Gazan Activist in Northwest Syria: Interview
August 6, 2024
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Middle East Forum Observer
Student Radicals from DSA Prepare for Another Round of Pro-Hamas Activism
August 5, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
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Why Turkey’s Erdoğan Threatened Israel with a Proxy War
August 2, 2024
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Jonathan Spyer
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Iran-Led Axis Is Likely to Launch Joint Attack, but Can’t Reverse Israeli Gains in Gaza
July 31, 2024
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Lazar Berman
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Blinken Says U.S. Not Responsible for Ismail Haniyeh Killing; That’s Too Bad
July 31, 2024
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Michael Rubin
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Two Cheers for the Mossad
July 31, 2024
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Rafael Bardaji
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What Does Haniyeh’s Assassination Imply?
Israel has wavered between ‘total victory’ over Hamas and pursuit of a deal. The strike in Iran may end that argument.
July 31, 2024
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Daniel Pipes
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Wax figures make up a historical exhibit on Tobacco Pier in Samsun, Turkey, where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk first stepped in to launch war.
Middle East Forum Observer
Recognition of the Pontic Greek Genocide by the Turks Should Be a U.S. National Interest
For Decades, the Logic of ‘Not Provoking Turkey’ Has Functioned as a Veil over Truth
May 25, 2026
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Christos Konstantinidis
A North Korean bulk freight carrier waits in waters off the Somali coast near Kismayo, Somalia, in the Horn of Africa in this file photo.
Iran War Reopens the Piracy Corridor from Hormuz to the Horn of Africa
The Houthis Gave Pirates Better Tools, and Tehran Gave the Houthis Their Purpose and Their Logistics
May 25, 2026
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Siyad Madey
The new commander since March 1, 2026, Major General Ahmad Vahidi, has always been considered a hardliner, and he proved it when he ordered attacks on the Arab Gulf states. After President Masoud Pezeshkian (above on Sept. 25, 2025) apologized to those states and promised that this would not happen again, Mr. Vahidi severely reprimanded the president and the attacks resumed with a vengeance.
Middle East Forum Online
Inside Iran’s Fragmented Decision-Making Structure
Iran’s Competing Power Centers Are Shaping Negotiations, Escalation Risks, and Regional Strategic Decisions
May 24, 2026
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Amatzia Baram
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