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Out of Range, Poised to Strike: Mapping America’s Force Posture against Iran
Washington Has Pulled Its Forces Out of Iran’s Easiest Reach and Pointed Its Airlift at Israel. The Satellites Show a Force Ready for a Short War, with Its Third Carrier Still in the Pacific.
November 2, 2026
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Gregg Roman
A prominent Muslim leader has repeatedly taken to the pulpit of a mosque in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to ask God to defeat “the aggressor Zionists,” “kill them, and strike them with a severe blow.” Hassan El-Alami (above) made these statements from the minbar of the Al-Huda Society, where he serves as board president.
FWI News
Prominent Muslim Leader Calls on God to Kill Zionists in Boston-Area Mosque
Mosque Enjoys Close Ties to City Hall, Local Police
November 2, 2026
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Dexter Van Zile
The central square in Erbil, Iraq.
Middle East Forum Observer
Who Rules Northern Iraq?
Iraqi-Iranian Security Treaties Reveal the Illusion of National Control
November 2, 2026
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Ali Almrayatee
Israel’s October 27 election has left the country with arithmetic in an unfamiliar setting. With all the ballots counted, voters gave Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc 53 seats, Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc 48, and Arab parties 19 in the 120-seat Knesset. Image: Plenum Hall of the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem.
Middle East Forum Online
The Arab World Is Watching: Could Netanyahu Expand the Iran War Before Forming a Government?
The Question Matters Because the Conflict with Iran Has Not Ended
November 1, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
The renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to five years in prison by a revolutionary court in Tehran, with his assets confiscated and a ban on travelling and using social media. Image: Awardee Jafar Panahi at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Kevin Payravi, WikiPortraits, Wikimedia Commons.
Middle East Forum Online
Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Also Deserves Naza’s Applause
He Is an Opponent of a Regime That Shoots, Hangs and, Since 1979, Has Kept Intellectuals and Filmmakers in Prison
November 1, 2026
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Giulio Meotti
Displaced Yemeni families live in makeshift tents under dire humanitarian conditions as the war; July 5, 2023.
Middle East Forum Online
Besieged by the Houthis, Yemen’s Taiz Is Teetering on the Edge of Humanitarian Catastrophe
800,000 People in Southwest Yemen Are Currently Staring Down the Wrong End of Possible Starvation, with No Force Waiting in the Wings to Remedy the Situation
November 1, 2026
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Jonathan Spyer
Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.
Middle East Forum Observer
Washington’s Missing Strategy for the Horn Begins with Ethiopia
More than One Stakeholder Among Many, Ethiopia Is a Determinant of the Regional Balance of Power
November 1, 2026
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Blen M. Diriba
The Parliament House of Australia in Canberra.
Middle East Forum Observer
Australia Should Follow Its Allies on the Muslim Brotherhood, Carefully
Canberra Sits Beside Muslim-Majority Democracies Where Brotherhood Thinking Entered Mainstream Politics Decades Ago
November 1, 2026
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Hollie McKay
At a 25 September 2019 U.N. hate-speech forum Turkey co-hosted with Pakistan on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan asked, “In India, how will we defend Muslim youth who are being whipped, beaten by machetes and even sentenced to death just for eating beef?” Image: Erdoğan speaks to a political rally in Istanbul, March 24, 2024.
Middle East Forum Online
Could India Face a Sectarian Civil War?
Turkey Believes It Can Spark a Sectarian Crisis and Then Leverage U.N. Diplomacy to Empower Indian Muslims to Further Divide the Country
October 31, 2026
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Michael Rubin
Outside the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Middle East Forum Observer
No Turk Should Lead the U.N. or Any International Organization Until Cyprus Occupation Ends
By Pushing a Turk for the Position, Erdoğan Seeks to Extend His Policy Reach and Implement His Ideological Program
October 31, 2026
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Michael Rubin