Middle East Forum Observer
Middle East Forum Observer
Founded in 2024, the Observer provides rapid analysis on leading Middle East developments, from Marrakech to Mashhad and the Bab el-Mandeb to the Black Sea.
Closer Observation - Iran
The Use of Media Criticism and Symbolic Acts like Graffiti Suggests That Internal Discipline Is Loosening at the Margins
Recent Posts
A Government That Threatens a Global Shipping Lane While Losing Ground to a Jihadist Insurgency Is Not Projecting Strength
International Humanitarian Law Prohibits Targeted Attacks on Civilians and Attacks That Cannot Distinguish Between Civilian and Military Targets
The Decision Sends a Signal That National Priorities Now Outweigh Collective Discipline
For Trump to Push Forward with Boulos’ Proposal for Rapprochement Also Would Insult Ethiopian and Eritrean Americans
The U.S. May Be Signaling Dominance but Trying to Remain Flexible by Not Shutting Down Iran’s Oil Trade Entirely
Since 2018, No Prime Ministerial Candidate Has Moved Forward Without His Consultation, Approval, or Intervention
Two of Israel’s Most Serious Internal Problems Are Integrating the Haredi Population and Squelching Settler Violence in the West Bank
The Sudan Conflict Is a Humanitarian One, and It Risks Drawing Its Neighbors Into an Even Broader War
Every Month, Iran Needs to Import Around $1.3 Billion of Essential Commodities
Latest from MEF
The Movement Seeks to Establish Jewish Settlements in Southern Syria
The Banned Group Continues to Feed Extremist Networks Under Legal Ambiguity
Flagship Research Series Documents Blasphemy Laws, Forced Labor, and Social Segregation Targeting 3.3 Million Pakistani Christians
Catholics Join in Protesting Holy See’s and U.S. Bishops’ Use of Ideological Term
A Silent Village Reflects the Lingering Costs of Afrin’s Upheaval
Anniversary Rhetoric Masks Economic Collapse and Strategic Drift
