12+ hour, 38+ min ago   (161+ words) An Israeli tank maneuvers into position in the evening near Bet Hanoun, Gaza; June 18, 2025. Israel is in the midst of a campaign of “value destruction.” From a people identified by the enlightened world as one that rose from the ashes…...

21+ hour, 39+ min ago   (748+ words) Saudi Arabia is passing through one of the most critical security periods in its modern history. The Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed to Saudi shipping, Iran-backed Houthi forces have tightened their grip on the Bab el-Mandeb, and Riyadh has…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (230+ words) A large memorial banner of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at an entrance of the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran. “At the moment, there is no knowledge of its whereabouts.” On September 5, 2026, an Iranian student asked Tehran Mayor…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (152+ words) Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. After hundreds of Houthi missile and drone attacks on critical Saudi civilian and military infrastructure, Bin Salman sought a quiet accommodation with the Houthis. Appeasing ideological enemies never works. It did not work…...

6+ day, 42+ min ago   (142+ words) Pakistan army members on patrol. Islamabad’s military establishment, command structures, and domestic defense industrial base make it an attractive partner. Yet, this expanding military diplomacy raises a question for Western and regional planners: To what extent can Pakistan serve as…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (458+ words) “Lawdan Bazargan, you are absolutely finished,” Saeidi says in a Persian-language post on X last month, verified as accurate by The Post. “I am coming after you with an army … Lawdan, we will do something to you that will be…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (348+ words) Middle East Forum The Middle East Quarterly, MEF’s Journal Intended for Both Scholars and the Educated Public, Features Historical Articles and Book Reviews on Subjects Ranging From Religion to Politics PHILADELPHIA – September 1, 2026 – The Fall 2026 Middle East Quarterly…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (246+ words) Mukti Bahini fighters during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Israel covertly supplied India and the Mukti Bahini with military assistance during the conflict, marking an early instance of strategic cooperation that foreshadowed the closer ties that would later develop between India…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (190+ words) Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made Holocaust denial and the delegitimization of Israel prominent elements of Tehran’s international propaganda campaign. At the 2009 Durban Review Conference in Geneva, he denounced Israel as a racist state and accused Western governments of exploiting…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (258+ words) Enduring Hostility: The Making of America’s Iran Policy meforum.org By Dalia Dassa Kaye Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2025 236 pp.; $60.00 (hardcover)Book Review by Sophie Baron Kaye, an academic who took part in low-level negotiations between the United States and…...