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Homeland Insecurity: Unraveling DHS Funding of Terror-Linked and Extremist Groups
July 21, 2025
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Benjamin Baird
Focus on Western Islamism
The Curious Case of Mouaz Moustafa
Does He Advocate for Freedom or Islamism?
July 16, 2025
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Gregg Roman
Reports
Seeking Stabilizers: Israel’s Regional Strategy Through the Southern Syria Lens
July 16, 2025
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Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh
ACMCU fellow Badar Khan Suri (right) holds hands in a celebratory gesture with Ismail Haniyeh (left), the Hamas terror leader.[42]
Reports
Beachhead: Georgetown U.
How Foreign and Domestic Radical Actors Captured a U.S. University
July 7, 2025
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Sam Westrop
Reports
Steve Rosen: An American Asset
June 10, 2025
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Dexter Van Zile
Reports
How the International Community Got Yemen Wrong
May 25, 2025
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Edmund Fitton-Brown
Reports
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
Reports
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.
Reports
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
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Aleppo, Syria.
Middle East Forum Online
The Fall of Aleppo and the Iranian-backed ‘Baqir Brigade’
How the Nature of Iran’s Networks in Syria Was Widely Misunderstood
July 30, 2025
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
A sign in downtown Aden reads, “The South: For every son and every daughter.”
Middle East Forum Online
Can South Yemenis Fight Independently?
The Choice for the Trump Administration Is Stark: Defeat the Houthis or Double Down on Failed Strategies That Enable the Houthis to Thrive
July 30, 2025
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Michael Rubin
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian submitted a bill to parliament seeking harsh punishment for “fake news."
Middle East Forum Observer
Facing Unrest and Humiliation, Tehran Tightens Control over Speech
Iran’s Parliament Considers ‘Gagging Bill’ That Would Impose Prison Sentences of up to 15 Years
July 30, 2025
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Mardo Soghom
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