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How the International Community Got Yemen Wrong
May 25, 2025
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Edmund Fitton-Brown
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America for Sale: Qatar’s $40 Billion Spending Spree Buys Influence and Control of Elite Institutions
May 13, 2025
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Benjamin Baird
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Syria’s Clandestine Chemical Arsenal: The Complete Dossier
A Comprehensive Analysis of the Center for Scientific Studies and Research’s Institute 6000 and Branch 450

Based on Intelligence Gathered by the Middle East Forum, 2018-2024
May 5, 2025
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Gregg Roman
Strategic ties have expanded beyond Greece, Cyprus, and Israel to include Middle Eastern countries, the United States, and the European Union, moving well beyond energy into the security realm. This relationship has taken on new significance in the post-October 7 Middle East environment.
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Eastern Mediterranean Contributions to Middle East Security: MEF at the Delphi Economic Forum
A Middle East Forum Report
April 18, 2025
MEF’s report provides context for understanding the challenges facing Syria in its post-Assad transition.
Reports
Undercover in Syria: How MEF Built a Secret Network in the Heart of a Conflict
A Middle East Forum Report
April 18, 2025
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Gregg Roman
The Hamas-inspired wave of anti-Israel protests that erupted across American campuses and cities represented a deeply troubling manifestation of antisemitism and support for terrorism.
Middle East Forum Online
Economic Costs of Anti-Israel Protests and the Civil RICO Option
A Middle East Forum Report
April 14, 2025
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Gregg Roman
FWI Government Funding of Islamism
Terror Finance at the State Department and USAID
MEF research finds that the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development have provided hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations involved with designated terrorist organizations.
February 1, 2025
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Sam Westrop
Winfield Myers
FWI Research
The U.S. Charitable Network That Subsidizes Hamas, and the Donors Behind It
November 14, 2023
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Sam Westrop
FWI Research
Iran’s Pistachio Proxies
August 17, 2023
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Kara Hashemi
Winfield Myers
FWI Research
A Conservative-Islamist Alliance
October 25, 2022
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Sam Westrop
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As Netanyahu makes plans to head back to the U.S., the mood has shifted and the premier’s standing has been dented.
Middle East Forum Online
Set for U.S. Trip, Netanyahu Faces Tough Sledding as Trump Cools on Aggressive Stance
December 9, 2025
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Lazar Berman
Nearly 150 coalition service members, mostly Americans, were killed in Afghanistan from insider attacks, with the majority of deaths occurring during later stages of the war, as Afghan forces assumed greater responsibility for security operations.
Middle East Forum Online
National Guardsmen Shooting Spotlights the Danger of ‘Insider Attacks’
Among Afghans, Honor Trumps Loyalty, and Even the Closest Ally Can Turn Killer
December 8, 2025
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Benjamin Baird
From Afrin to Deir Ezzor, former Syrian National Army units now serve as useful auxiliaries: too large to ignore and too valuable to fully demobilize.
Middle East Forum Online
What’s Left of the Syrian National Army?
The Syrian National Army Has Vanished on Paper, but Its Factions Still Shape the Country’s Security Landscape
December 8, 2025
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
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