A great prize lies unclaimed by the United States and its allies: Lebanon. Ever since Hizballah’s deadly attack against the US Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, which killed 241 American service ...

Once NATO's most reluctant member, Turkey hosts this week's summit in Ankara as wars in Ukraine and Iran — and Erdoğan's ties to President Trump — make it one of the alliance's most indispensable.

Trailer: Do You Love Me (2025), by Lana Daher. The Middle East Institute’s Arts & Culture Center is pleased to present a screening of the award-winning documentary Do You Love Me (75 min, 2025), by ...

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ERBIL, IRAQ — FEB. 28, 2026: An Iranian air attack targeting the US military base at Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq was intercepted by air defense systems on Saturday, Feb. 28, amid ...

For months after Iraq’s November 2025 elections, outgoing Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani and former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vied for the premiership, and their power struggle brought the CF ...

After the US-Israel-Iran war — and the strikes that followed the cease-fire — the Gulf states find themselves dangerously exposed. Host Alistair Taylor is joined by MEI Associate Fellow Gregory Gause ...

The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran may have ended one of the most consequential Middle Eastern crises in decades, but it has not resolved the strategic ...

The United States commemorates the 250th anniversary of its founding on the Fourth of July, a time when Americans typically engage in introspection about the health and welfare of their country’s ...

It is done—or rather, has begun. After an April cease-fire and nearly 70 days of indirect talks brokered by Pakistan and Qatar, Iran and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding ...

President Aoun is rightly proud of his team that helped reach an agreement on June 26. Together, they have put the Lebanese state fully in charge of a realistic path to peace. It starts with linked ...