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President Donald Trump's Executive Order calls for a thoughtful plan of vetting restoration with fixes dating to at least the day before the Biden administration entered office.
Middle East Forum Online
Decoding Trump’s Border Counterterrorism Order, Part 2
The Executive Order’s Central Thrust Is to Restore, Repair, and Expand National Security Vetting Across Every Agency That Might Touch Immigration
January 28, 2025
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Todd Bensman
Bomb damage in Aleppo, Syria.
Middle East Forum Online
Syria Feels Close to a Zone of Anarchy
Inside Damascus, You Can Feel the Stark Absence of the State
January 28, 2025
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Jonathan Spyer
President Donald Trump's Executive Order, “Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats,” has largely slipped media interest and analysis, despite the fact that it brings back Trump 1.0’s “extreme vetting” for broad ranges of visa applicants.
Middle East Forum Online
Decoding Trump’s Border Counterterrorism Order, Part 1
Pro-Hamas, Anti-jewish College Demonstrators Here on Visas Are on Notice That Their U.S. Welcome Is Over, Even with Expected Lawsuits
January 27, 2025
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Todd Bensman
A new Iraqi Kurdistan government will be formed three months after elections.
Middle East Forum Observer
New Iraqi Kurdish Cabinet Prioritizes Fiefdoms Over Unity
Neither the KDP nor the PUK Wants to Compromise, but They No Longer Can Delay Cabinet Formation
January 27, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
Middle East Forum Online
Hamas Kills Arabs? No Jews No News
The Executioners Are Once Again Wearing Hamas Uniforms, but the Victims Are Six Arabs of Gaza, Six Alleged ‘Collaborators with Israel’
January 26, 2025
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Giulio Meotti
Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Middle East Forum Observer
Will Iran’s Regime Rally in Iraq?
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Fights Behind the Scenes to Consolidate Control over Iraq
January 26, 2025
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Saeid Golkar
Damascus as seen from Mount Qasioun.
Middle East Forum Online
On the Road to Damascus: Battle for Peace Continues
The Old Dictatorship Was Gone. But Was a New, Islamist Regime in the Process of Being Formed?
January 24, 2025
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Jonathan Spyer
Damascus, Syria. The Jews of Aleppo and Qamishli have departed in their entirety. The seven or eight elderly Jewish residents of Damascus are the last remnant. (The exact number is disputed).
Middle East Forum Online
The Last Jews of Damascus: A Journey Through Memory and Ruins
Inside Syria’s Ancient Capital, a Lone Jewish Guardian Watches over Abandoned Properties While Islamist Rulers Patrol the Rubble of Historic Synagogues
January 24, 2025
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Jonathan Spyer
Middle East Forum Online
Muslims Seek to ‘Avenge’ the Battle of Tours
The Three Suspects Allegedly Wanted to Avenge the Arab-Berber Troops Defeated in 732 by Charles Martel at the Battle of Poitiers
January 24, 2025
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Raymond Ibrahim
Beirut, Lebanon. President Trump’s Treasury Department team, in conjunction with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, should ensure that Lebanon appoints both an honest and competent governor in place to oversee the Central Bank.
Middle East Forum Online
The Final Nail in Lebanon’s Coffin Will Be Its New Central Bank Governor
The Election of Lebanese Armed Forces Chief Joseph Aoun to Be Lebanon’s President Puts an Opponent to Hezbollah at Lebanon’s Helm
January 24, 2025
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Michael Rubin