The Middle East Institute (MEI) congratulates former Board of Governors member John K. Hurley on his confirmation by the US Senate to serve as Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence ...

In this episode of Middle East Focus, hosts Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj are joined by MEI Senior Fellow Gönül Tol to discuss how shifting regional dynamics — from the Israel-Iran war to renewed ...

Syria has been beset with another round of deadly sectarian clashes, with hundreds reportedly killed last week, drawing renewed international involvement. Israel says its airstrikes in southern Syria ...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is proud to announce that His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and ...

Israel Policy Forum (IPF) and the Middle East Institute (MEI) were pleased to to host a joint, on-the-record event examining ...

The MENA Energy Recap is a quarterly review of key energy developments that took place in the region from April through June ...

Probably few if any Middle East analysts had Israeli airstrikes targeting key government installations of the Syrian state on ...

Shaib, discussed the future of US-Iran relations. The recent 12-day war saw coordinated US and Israeli airstrikes against key ...

The Middle East Institute convened a panel of experts on Wednesday, July 16, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, for an on-the-record webinar ...

Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Dec. 8, 2024, after the rebel military operation “Deterrence of Aggression” and the establishment of a transitional government, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria ...

On March 10, 2025, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the president of Syria, and Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, signed a historic agreement, ending a long-running divide between ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has moved quickly to take over the instruments of governance in Damascus — a process divorced from and in many ways in contradiction to the power transition discussions ...