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Ahnaf Kalam
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Spotlight: The Looming Israel-Hezbollah War
April 3, 2024
Gary Gambill
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Spotlight: Deterring Iran
February 9, 2024
Gary Gambill
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Spotlight: Iran’s Iraqi Militia Proxies
January 30, 2024
Gary Gambill
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Spotlight: The Houthi Menace in Yemen
January 3, 2024
Gary Gambill
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Spotlight: Turkey and Hamas
November 23, 2023
Gary Gambill
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Spotlight: The Dispute over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
May 21, 2023
Winfield Myers
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Remembering American Heroes: A Reflection on Israel’s Memorial Day
April 21, 2023
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Gregg Roman
Micah Levinson
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Straight From the Middle East
February 17, 2023
Micah Levinson
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Straight From the Middle East
February 15, 2023
Micah Levinson
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Straight From the Middle East
February 6, 2023
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The killing of the Iranian senior security official Ali Larijani this week is the most significant “targeted assassination” undertaken since Israel’s killing (in cooperation with the US) of supreme leader Ali Khamenei on the opening day of the war. Image: Funerals of senior Iranian military commanders and scientists killed in Israeli attacks; Tehran, June 28, 2025.
Middle East Forum Online
Israel Can’t Assassinate Its Way to Victory over Iran
There Is No Example in Modern History of the Complete Destruction of a Regime or of an Organization by the Systematic Assassination of Its Leaders
March 20, 2026
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Jonathan Spyer
Protesters at a poorly attended Al Quds protest in London promote anti-Israel and anti-Western messaging on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran on March 15, 2026.
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Al Quds Protest in London: A Rally for Ayatollahs—Not Palestinians
Radicals Promote Tehran’s Narrative on Britain’s Streets
March 20, 2026
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Hannah Baldock
Middle East Forum Online
Why Israel Is Pushing Further Into Lebanon
A Renewed Buffer Zone Strategy Reflects Israel’s Shift Toward Physical Security Over Deterrence
March 20, 2026
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Jonathan Spyer
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