Middle East Forum

MEF Chief Strategist Jim Hanson has appeared on major news shows more than 60 times in the last six months. That translates to an audience of more then 100 million viewers. Things I discussed with Jesse Watters: 1. President Trump seizing control of the Strait of Hormuz- We can do that 2. Kharg Island?- Pass 3. Fractures in the Iranian regime- Getting worse 4.

The 81st United Nations General Assembly meets under the theme, “Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations That Delivers for All.” Yemen test that slogan. This past week in New York, three scenes illustrated the crisis: one inside, one outside, and one on the screen. Inside the hall, Abdullah al-Alimi Bawazir, a member of the Presidential Leadership Council and a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Islah Party, headed Yemen’s delegation.

Since independence and partition between India and Pakistan in 1947, the two states have fought multiple wars and remain conflicted over claims to Kashmir, border disputes, and terrorism. Over the last decade, India has moved from its historically secular approach to a more explicitly Hindutva-oriented political agenda, with growing concern over alleged discrimination against religious minorities.

NEW YORK — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 15th address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday was in some ways a classic Bibi presentation.

Post-Assad Syria has become the primary theater in which competing visions for the region’s future are being tested. Israel’s August 18, 2026, strike against the Abu al-Duhur airbase hours after a Turkish delegation departed the facility crystalized the collision now shaping Syria’s trajectory: Turkish efforts to build a permanent military foothold against Israel’s need for aerial freedom, in a contest over which power will fill the vacuum Iran left in the Levant.

Observer Erdoğan’ın eşcinsellik konusundaki takıntısı, kendinden en çok nefret edenler arasında yer alan, kimliğini gizleyen eşcinsellerinkinden farklı değil. Michael Rubin28 Eylül 2026 Michael Rubin, İran, Türkiye ve Afrika Boynuzu üzerine uzmanlaşmıştır. Kariyeri boyunca Pentagon'da yetkili olarak görev yapmış; İran, Yemen ve Irak'ta saha deneyimi edinmiş, ayrıca 11 Eylül öncesinde Taliban ile temaslarda yer almıştır.

At the United Nations on September 22, 2026, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke about Gaza and his usual complaints about U.N. reform, but he also dedicated much of his time on the world stage to condemn growing LGBTQ rights. “Global gender-neutralization policies … have turned into a siege targeting innocent children, alongside the family institution,” he declared.

The war against the Iranian regime keeps getting stopped in mid-battle. Leaders and diplomats repeatedly pause and displace it into substitutes for war. Instead of fighting to achieve regime change, diplomatic effort diverts into other goals. That is why the war goes on. The late Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud explained, a block against doing something right leads to doing other things that do not achieve the goal but still feel like action.

PHILADELPHIA, September 25, 2026. A new Middle East Forum investigation documents tax-exempt Islamist organizations openly intervening in U.S. elections, from a Dearborn Heights imam who told his congregation that “voting is as wajib [religiously required] as prayer … let us vote for Brother Abdul El-Sayed” to a campaign fundraising booth on the floor of the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention.

On September 17, new satellite analysis published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies revealed a critical shift in global posture. China’s sole acknowledged overseas military base in Doraleh, Djibouti, has undergone significant technical upgrades. The installation now features high-frequency antenna arrays, advanced satellite communications equipment, and probable 5G telecommunications towers.