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The Middle East Forum is dedicated to advancing American interests. Led by Daniel Pipes, this think tank focuses on research, publishing, and educational initiatives.

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NIAC Has Lost Its Mojo

1 week ago | meforum.org | Dexter Van Zile

The National Iranian-American Council (NIAC), which has masqueraded as a cross between a respectable think tank and a voice for the Iranian diaspora in the United States since its founding in 2002, has had a rough time since Israel started destroying Tehran’s nuclear program on June 12,2025.
Even Threatening to Close the Strait of Hormuz Could Be Suicidal for Iran

1 week ago | meforum.org | Dalga Khatinoglu

For more than two decades, the Islamic Republic has threatened repeatedly to close the Strait of Hormuz—relying on its proxy forces, exaggerating its military capabilities, and exploiting Arab states’ fear of its aggressive posture and international fears of oil market disruption. Tehran renewed such threats following Israel’s bombing campaign that began on June 13, 2025.
Pro-Iran Islamists Running Summer Camp Outside of London

2 weeks ago | meforum.org | Potkin Azarmehr |Dexter Van Zile

During the third week of August, dozens of Muslim children aged eight to thirteen will spend a long weekend at Phasels Wood Activity Center—a venue typically used for Scout camps and youth retreats—located a short drive from London.
Islamic Appropriation at Mount Sinai: Egypt’s Assault on the World’s Oldest Christian Monastery

2 weeks ago | meforum.org | Raymond Ibrahim

The Muslim world often gets away with things that would send shockwaves through the international community if anyone else did them. On May 29, reports surfaced that Egypt was preparing to seize and potentially shut down the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine — the oldest continuously functioning Christian monastery in the world, nestled right at the foot of Mt. Sinai.
For Now, Victory Is Still Within Reach: 10 Truths About the Gaza War, 20 Months In

3 weeks ago | meforum.org | Lazar Berman

More than 600 days after the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, Israeli soldiers are once again ramping up an operation that, the country’s leaders say, is the key to finally winning the war. In the meantime, hostages remain in Gaza, it is still unclear what exactly will lead to Hamas’s defeat, and Israel’s standing in the world continues to slip.
LGBTQ+ Activists Must Not Support Islamist Terror

3 weeks ago | meforum.org | Yuval David

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community and advocate for human rights, it is troubling to witness segments of our community aligning themselves with Islamist terrorist organizations such as Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoots. This alliance is both paradoxical and perilous, given these groups’ persecution of LGBTQ+ individuals.
Why Hamas Won't Accept Witkoff's Gaza Ceasefire Offer

3 weeks ago | meforum.org | Jonathan Spyer

U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff finally received an answer to his latest proposal for a ceasefire and hostage exchange in Gaza over the weekend from Hamas: a no in all but name. This apparent rejection by the terror group confirms the essential issue under dispute in the conflict. The Gaza Islamist movement is determined to secure a situation in which Israeli forces withdraw from the territory and in which Hamas can begin the process of replenishing and reorganising its own forces and capacities.
Reviving Syria’s Economy Can Push It Toward the Western-Leaning, Moderate Arab Bloc

3 weeks ago | meforum.org | Dalga Khatinoglu

Grappling with up to 20 hours of daily blackouts, Syrians may now see new hope with a $7 billion agreement signed by companies from Turkey, Qatar, and the United States to address the country’s electricity crisis. If implemented successfully, [a new] agreement could restore Syria’s electricity production to pre-civil war levels within two years.
Neo-Ottoman Power: Erdoğan Positions Turkey as Israel's Main Middle East Challenge

3 weeks ago | meforum.org | Jonathan Spyer

It has been a good few weeks for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. All current indications suggest that the Turkish leader is making notable advances in his effort to place Turkey at the center of regional strategic affairs. As Erdogan’s Turkey builds its power and influence, its opposition to and agitation against Israel is continuing unabated. Observe: this week, Erdogan hosted Ahmed al-Sharaa, the current interim president of Syria, at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul.
"Are You Alawite?”: A Call to Prevent Genocide in Syria

3 weeks ago | meforum.org | Daniel Pipes

No one knows how many unarmed Alawites were killed in Syria between March 6 and 10, 2025, but Joshua Landis of the University of Oklahoma estimates more than three thousand. While Alawites constitute but a small religious community, perhaps 10 percent of Syria’s 15 million resident population, they suffer from a position of unique prominence and vulnerability. In brief, throughout the centuries, the Alawites stood out as Syria’s most isolated, impoverished, despised, and oppressed ethnicity.