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Articles by MEF Staff and Fellows

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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Middle East Forum Observer
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May 24, 2026
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Mardo Soghom
China’s imports of Iranian oil have fallen sharply since the start of U.S.-Israel operations against the Islamic Republic on February 28, 2026.
Middle East Forum Observer
Iran’s Oil Production and Exports Enter a Steep Decline
If the Blockade Against Iran Continues, Tehran Could Run Out of Accessible Oil Supplies for Delivery to China Within Two Months
May 24, 2026
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Dalga Khatinoglu
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has effectively paved the way for the resurgence of a radical Kurdish Islamist network that seeks to establish a sharia-based independent Kurdish state spanning territories in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran, after Turkish courts quietly dismantled key terrorism convictions of members of the group and reframed years of organized militant activity as ordinary criminal conduct.
Middle East Forum Online
Erdoğan’s Turkey Has Enabled the Comeback of Kurdish Islamic Terrorist Network
The Erdoğan Government’s Behind-the-Scenes Interventions Reversed the Legal Characterization of the Organization
May 23, 2026
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Abdullah Bozkurt
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