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Focused on internal power struggles and oblivious to the outside world's twin obsessions, Jerusalem barely noted the widely-publicized scenes of humiliation and hunger in Gaza that so soured foreign opinions. An Israeli tank driving in the al-Shati refugee camp, North Gaza; March 20, 2024.
Middle East Forum Online
How Israel Became a ‘Leper State'—And How It Can Redeem Itself
August 19, 2025
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Daniel Pipes
Associated heavily with support for the Assad regime as well as the intervention of Iran and Hezbollah on its behalf, Twelver Shia communities have disproportionate numbers of “martyrs” who died fighting within the ranks of the regime’s army and the ‘forces of the friends’ that were affiliated with Iran and Hezbollah.
Middle East Forum Online
The Twelver Shia in Syria
The Twelver Shia in Syria Find Themselves in a Precarious Position Since the Fall of the Assad Regime
August 19, 2025
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Military and Strategic Programs
Key Yemen Updates | August 8-15, 2025
August 19, 2025
In June 2024, protesters gathered in Republic Square in Yerevan, Armenia, to demand impeachment of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Middle East Forum Observer
Trump’s Peace or Not, Nagorno-Karabakh’s Exiles Must Continue Their Democracy
The Armenian-Populated Region Also Known as Artsakh Declared Its Independence but No Country—Even Armenia—Recognized It
August 19, 2025
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Michael Rubin
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps held funerals in June for members killed by Israeli airstrikes during the 12-day war.
Middle East Forum Observer
Tehran Faces New Threats of Sanctions, Fears War and Collapse
The Regime’s Expectation of Renewed Conflict Followed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Address Promising to Help the Iranian People
August 19, 2025
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Mardo Soghom
Campus Watch
Radical U – Part 2: How Students Turned Their Professors’ Words into Deeds
From Their Support for the Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) Movement, to Hosting Terrorists, to Accepting Terrorist Tainted Funding, Some of the Nation’s Top Universities Have Become Part of the Palestinian Resistance
August 18, 2025
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A.J. Caschetta
Winfield Myers
Campus Watch
Controversial Princeton Prof with Strong Iran Ties Steps Down After Campaign to Remove Him
Seyed Hossein Mousavian Was Heavily Involved in Iran’s Chemical and Nuclear Programs Beginning in 2004
August 18, 2025
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Benjamin Weinthal
Campus Watch
Radical U – Part 1: How Professors Became Architects of the Academic Palestinian Resistance
From Their Support for the Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) Movement, to Hosting Terrorists, to Accepting Terrorist Tainted Funding, Some of the Nation’s Top Universities Have Become Part of the Palestinian Resistance
August 18, 2025
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A.J. Caschetta
The reach of the Islamic Republic of Iran into the United Kingdom extends far beyond the walls of its embassy in London.
FWI News
Islamist Summer Camp Canceled; Another Iran-Promoting Institution Discovered in U.K.
Center Director Who Lamented Soleimani Death, Lauded Khomeini, Deletes Post Soliciting Donations
August 18, 2025
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Potkin Azarmehr
Tiny Amorgos island in the Greek Cyclades in the Aegean Sea.
Middle East Forum Observer
Greece’s Maritime Eastern Mediterranean Push Will Force Washington to Choose Sides
With a New Maritime Plan Submitted to the European Commission, Athens Has Set Down Legal Markers That Ankara Already Disputes
August 18, 2025
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Nicoletta Kouroushi