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MEF Entity Index
One page for each person, group, organization and place, collecting the MEF articles, Daily Readout items, Policy Notes and MEF profile pages that name it. Covers 320 entities and 16,337 MEF articles published through October 11, 2026.
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A
- Abbas Araghchi Person · Iran 92 items
- Abbas Salehi Person · Iran 3 items
- Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Person · Egypt 370 items
- Abdulaziz bin Salman Person · Saudi Arabia 3 items
- Abdulhamid Dbeibah Person · Libya 5 items
- Abdulkadir Uraloğlu Person · Turkey 2 items
- Abdullah Azzam Brigades Group · Lebanon 2 items
- Abdullah II Person · Jordan 68 items
- Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces Group · Iraq, Syria 4 items
- Abu Dhabi City or region · United Arab Emirates 325 items
- Abu Nidal Organization Group · Lebanon 2 items
- Abu Sayyaf Group · Philippines 25 items
- Adel Al-Jubeir Person · Saudi Arabia 15 items
- Aden City or region · Yemen 231 items
- Afghanistan Country 1,438 items
- Ahmad Vahidi Person · Iran 27 items
- Ahmad-Reza Radan Person · Iran 4 items
- Ahmed al-Sharaa Person · Syria 219 items
- Akın Gürlek Person · Turkey 5 items
- Aleppo City or region · Syria 426 items
- Algeria Country 429 items
- Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi Person 2 items
- Ali al-Zaidi Person · Iraq 16 items
- Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari Person · Qatar 2 items
- Ali Esfanjani Person 2 items
- Ali Khamenei Person · Iran 661 items
- Ali Larijani Person 72 items
- Ali Shirazi Person 7 items
- Alireza Kazemi Person · Iran 2 items
- Alparslan Bayraktar Person · Turkey 7 items
- Amichai Chikli Person · Israel 8 items
- Amin Nasser Person · Saudi Arabia 3 items
- Amir Hatami Person · Iran 10 items
- Amman City or region · Jordan 180 items
- Anas Khattab Person · Syria 3 items
- Anbar City or region · Iraq 121 items
- Ankara City or region · Turkey 1,690 items
- Ansar al-Islam Group · Syria, Iraq 37 items
- Ansar Allah (Houthis) Group · Yemen 873 items
- Ansar Bait al-Maqdis Group · Egypt, Palestinian Territories 4 items
- Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Group · Palestinian Territories 10 items
- Army of Islam Group · Palestinian Territories 3 items
- Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Group · Iraq 99 items
- Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani Person · Syria 3 items
- Avi Dichter Person · Israel 12 items
B
- Bab el-Mandeb City or region 126 items
- Badr Abdelatty Person · Egypt 4 items
- Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi Person · Oman 2 items
- Badr Organization Group · Iraq 111 items
- Baghdad City or region · Iraq 868 items
- Bahrain Country 571 items
- Baluchistan City or region · Iran 29 items
- Bandar Abbas City or region · Iran 35 items
- Basra City or region · Iraq 121 items
- Beirut City or region · Lebanon 759 items
- Bekaa Valley City or region · Lebanon 66 items
- Benghazi City or region · Libya 125 items
- Benjamin Netanyahu Person · Israel 1,267 items
- Bezalel Smotrich Person · Israel 25 items
- Birch Ventures Limited Organization · Isle Of Man (Assets In Uk) 2 items
- Boko Haram Group · Nigeria 149 items
C
- Cairo City or region · Egypt 796 items
- Caucasus Emirate Group · Russia, Syria 10 items
- Chevron Organization · Us 25 items
D
- Damascus City or region · Syria 1,093 items
- Daraa City or region · Syria 34 items
- DBC Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. Organization · Turkey 2 items
- Deir ez-Zor City or region · Syria 95 items
- Doha City or region · Qatar 462 items
- Dubai City or region · United Arab Emirates 265 items
- Dudi Amsalem Person · Israel 2 items
E
- Ebrahim Raisi Person · Iran 82 items
- Egypt Country 2,799 items
- Empresa Aeronautica Nacional SA Organization 2 items
- Erbil City or region · Iraq 198 items
- Eskandar Momeni Person · Iran 3 items
- Esmail Khatib Person 6 items
F
- Faisal bin Farhan Person · Saudi Arabia 14 items
- Fallujah City or region · Iraq 76 items
- Fatah al-Islam Group · Lebanon 9 items
- Fawj al-Imam al-Hujja Group · Syria 4 items
- Faylaq al-Wa'ad al-Sadiq Group · Iraq, Syria 2 items
- Fazlolah Zarringhalam Person 2 items
- Fordow City or region · Iran 54 items
- Fuad Hussein Person · Iraq 6 items
G
- Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya Group · Egypt 12 items
- Gaza Strip City or region · Palestinian Territories 2,998 items
- Gebran Bassil Person · Lebanon 10 items
- Gideon Sa'ar Person · Israel 43 items
- Gila Gamliel Person · Israel 4 items
- Golan Heights City or region · Syria 364 items
- Green Battalion Group · Syria 6 items
H
- Haifa City or region · Israel 247 items
- Haim Katz Person · Israel 2 items
- Hakan Fidan Person · Turkey 125 items
- Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Person · Bahrain 5 items
- Hamas Group · Palestinian Territories 4,250 items
- Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya Group · Iraq 7 items
- Harakat Fajr al-Sham al-Islamiya Group · Syria 2 items
- Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba Group · Iraq 62 items
- Harakat Sham al-Islam Group · Syria 7 items
- Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Group · Pakistan, Bangladesh 2 items
- Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Group · Pakistan 8 items
- Hassan Shahvarpour Person 2 items
- Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Group · Syria 282 items
- Hebron City or region · Palestinian Territories 131 items
- Hikvision Organization · Iran / Multi 2 items
- Hind Kabawat Person · Syria 2 items
- Hizb-ut-Tahrir Group · Syria, Western Europe, United States 18 items
- Hodeidah City or region · Yemen 78 items
- Homs City or region · Syria 212 items
- Huawei Organization · Iran / Multi 13 items
I
- Ibrahim Haidan Person · Yemen 2 items
- İbrahim Yumaklı Person · Turkey 3 items
- Idlib City or region · Syria 350 items
- Iman Afshari Person 2 items
- Iran Country 6,384 items
- Iraq Country 4,258 items
- Iraqi Kurdistan City or region · Iraq 285 items
- IRGC Intelligence Organisation Organization 2 items
- IRGC-QF Unit 840 Organization · Iran / Multi 3 items
- IRGC-Qods Force Organization · Iran 146 items
- Isaac Herzog Person · Israel 42 items
- Isfahan City or region · Iran 116 items
- Islamic Army in Iraq Group · Iraq 4 items
- Islamic Center Hamburg Organization · Germany 5 items
- Islamic Jihad Union Group · Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan 4 items
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Group · Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 3 items
- Islamic Muthanna Movement Group · Syria 6 items
- Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Organization · Iran 31 items
- Islamic Resistance in Iraq (claim banner) Group · Iraq 19 items
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Organization 1,570 items
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Organization 9 items
- Islamic State Group · Iraq, Syria 2,941 items
- Israel Country 8,660 items
- Israel Katz Person · Israel 37 items
- Istanbul City or region · Turkey 928 items
- Itamar Ben-Gvir Person · Israel 20 items
J
- Ja'afari Force Group · Syria 7 items
- Jabhat al-Nusra Group · Syria 230 items
- Jabhat Ansar al-Din Group · Syria 7 items
- Jabhat Fatah al-Sham Group · Syria 21 items
- Jaish-e-Mohammed Group · Pakistan 17 items
- Jamaat Jund al-Islam Group · Egypt 2 items
- Jamaat Jund al-Qawqaz Group · Syria 3 items
- Jamaat Jund al-Sham Group · Syria 2 items
- Jaysh al-Jihad Group · Syria 5 items
- Jaysh al-Muhajireen wa al-Ansar Group 5 items
- Jaysh Muhammad in Bilad al-Sham Group · Syria 4 items
- Jeddah City or region · Saudi Arabia 80 items
- Jemaah Islamiyah Group · Indonesia 6 items
- Jenin City or region · Palestinian Territories 119 items
- Jerusalem City or region · Israel 2,358 items
- Jordan Country 1,295 items
- Jose Jesus Urdaneta Gonzalez Person 2 items
- Joseph Aoun Person · Lebanon 34 items
- JPMorgan Organization · Us 4 items
- Jund al-Aqsa Group · Syria 9 items
- Junud al-Mahdi Group · Syria 4 items
- Junud al-Sham Group · Syria 2 items
K
- Karbala City or region · Iraq 101 items
- Kata'ib al-Ghadab Group · Iraq 3 items
- Kata'ib al-Imam al-Gha'ib Group · Iraq 3 items
- Kata'ib al-Imam Ali Group · Iraq 9 items
- Kata'ib al-Muqawama al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq Group · Iraq, Syria 2 items
- Kata'ib Hezbollah Group · Iraq 149 items
- Kata'ib Ruh Allah Group · Iraq 2 items
- Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada Group · Iraq 19 items
- Katibat Jabal al-Islam Group · Syria 3 items
- Khalid bin Salman Person · Saudi Arabia 2 items
- Khan Younis City or region · Palestinian Territories 44 items
- Kharg Island City or region · Iran 36 items
- Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters Organization · Iran 4 items
- Khuzestan City or region · Iran 47 items
- Kirkuk City or region · Iraq 152 items
- Kurdistan City or region 514 items
- Kuwait Country 615 items
- Kuwait City City or region · Kuwait 23 items
L
- Lashkar-e-Taiba Group · Pakistan 192 items
- Latakia City or region · Syria 178 items
- Lebanese Hezbollah Group · Lebanon 2,528 items
- Lebanon Country 2,339 items
- Libya Country 1,155 items
- Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Group · Libya 11 items
- Lions of the Caliphate Group · Syria, Iraq 3 items
- Liwa Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Group · Syria, Iraq 10 items
- Liwa al-Baqir Group · Syria 16 items
- Liwa al-Imam al-Hussein Group · Iraq, Syria 8 items
- Liwa al-Imam al-Mahdi Group · Syria 8 items
- Liwa al-Imam Zain al-Abidin Group · Syria 6 items
- Liwa al-Muntaẓar Group 2 items
- Liwa al-Shabab al-Risali Group · Iraq 2 items
- Liwa al-Tawheed Group · Palestinian Territories 5 items
- Liwa Assad Allah al-Ghalib Group · Syria, Iraq 6 items
- Liwa Dhu al-Fiqar Group · Syria, Iraq 13 items
- Liwa Fatemiyoun Group · Afghan fighters (Iran, Syria) 22 items
- Liwa Shuhada al-Yarmouk Group · Syria 3 items
- Liwa Zainabiyoun Group · Pakistani fighters (Iran, Syria) 8 items
M
- Mahan Air Organization · Iran 26 items
- Mahdi al-Mashat Person · Yemen 2 items
- al-Mahdi Army (Jaysh al-Mahdi) Group · Iraq 43 items
- Majid Khademi Person 4 items
- Majid Mousavi Person 3 items
- Manama City or region · Bahrain 56 items
- Marib City or region · Yemen 44 items
- Masaf Institute Organization 2 items
- Mashhad City or region · Iran 67 items
- Masoud Pezeshkian Person · Iran 121 items
- Masrour Barzani Person · Iraq 32 items
- May Golan Person · Israel 2 items
- Mecca City or region · Saudi Arabia 403 items
- Medina City or region · Saudi Arabia 232 items
- Mehmet Şimşek Person · Turkey 11 items
- Miki Zohar Person · Israel 2 items
- Miri Regev Person · Israel 7 items
- Mohamed al-Menfi Person · Libya 5 items
- Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Person · United Arab Emirates 52 items
- Mohamed Takala Person · Libya 2 items
- Mohammed Al-Jadaan Person · Saudi Arabia 5 items
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Person · United Arab Emirates 5 items
- Mohammed bin Salman Person · Saudi Arabia 205 items
- Mojtaba Khamenei Person · Iran 98 items
- Moro Islamic Liberation Front Group · Philippines 5 items
- Morocco Country 547 items
- Mostafa Madbouly Person · Egypt 5 items
- Mosul City or region · Iraq 353 items
- Muammar al-Iryani Person · Yemen 2 items
- Al-Muhajirun Group · Syria 6 items
- Mujahideen of Iraq Brigade Group · Iraq 2 items
- Murhaf Abu Qasra Person · Syria 3 items
- Muscat City or region · Oman 48 items
- Muslim Brotherhood Group · Egypt 2,308 items
- Mustafa Çiftçi Person · Turkey 5 items
- Al-Mustafa International University Organization · Iran + Global Branches 14 items
N
- Nablus City or region · Palestinian Territories 85 items
- Najaf City or region · Iraq 108 items
- Naqshbandi Army Group · Iraq 10 items
- Natanz City or region · Iran 82 items
- National Ideological Resistance in Syria Group · Syria 2 items
- Nawaf Salam Person · Lebanon 31 items
- Nechirvan Barzani Person · Iraq 26 items
- Negev City or region · Israel 100 items
- Nir Barkat Person · Israel 20 items
O
- Oman Country 414 items
- Ömer Bolat Person · Turkey 3 items
- Orit Strook Person · Israel 2 items
P
- Pakistan Country 1,498 items
- Palestine Liberation Front Group · Lebanon, Palestinian Territories 4 items
- Palestinian Islamic Jihad Group · Palestinian Territories 433 items
- Palestinian Territories Country 1,288 items
- Paul Morcos Person · Lebanon 2 items
- Persian Gulf City or region 580 items
- Persian Gulf Strait Authority Organization · Multi-Jurisdiction 5 items
- PMR Teknik Makine Ticaret Ltd. Şti. Organization · Turkey 2 items
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Group · Palestinian Territories 190 items
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command Group · Syria, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories 11 items
Q
- Al-Qaeda Group · Afghanistan, Pakistan 1,537 items
- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Group · Yemen 53 items
- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Group · Algeria, Mali 10 items
- Al-Qassam Brigades Group · Palestinian Territories 49 items
- Qatar Country 1,469 items
- Qom City or region · Iran 121 items
- Quwat al-Ridha Group · Syria 23 items
R
- Rafah City or region · Palestinian Territories 104 items
- Ramallah City or region · Palestinian Territories 273 items
- Rapid Intervention Regiment Group · Syria, Iraq 5 items
- Raqqa City or region · Syria 239 items
- Rashad al-Alimi Person · Yemen 18 items
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Person · Turkey 1,990 items
- Red Sea City or region 359 items
- Riyadh City or region · Saudi Arabia 634 items
S
- Saada City or region · Yemen 17 items
- Safi Arpaguş Person · Turkey 2 items
- Saha Airlines Organization · Iran 2 items
- Sahara Thunder Organization 2 items
- Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Person · Saudi Arabia 6 items
- Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Person · Bahrain 3 items
- Sami Gemayel Person · Lebanon 2 items
- Sanaa City or region · Yemen 161 items
- Saraya al-Ashtar Group · Bahrain 3 items
- Saraya al-Jihad Group · Iraq 4 items
- Saraya al-Khorasani Group · Syria, Iraq 7 items
- Saraya al-Mukhtar Group · Bahrain 3 items
- Saraya al-Salam Group · Iraq 10 items
- Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda Group · Iraq 2 items
- Saraya Ashura Group · Iraq 3 items
- Saudi Arabia Country 2,484 items
- Al-Shabaab Group · Somalia 51 items
- Shiraz City or region · Iran 58 items
- Sidon City or region · Lebanon 32 items
- Sinai City or region · Egypt 286 items
- Sinjar City or region · Iraq 95 items
- Strait of Hormuz City or region · Iran 348 items
- Sudan Country 672 items
- Suez Canal City or region · Egypt 152 items
- Supreme National Security Council Organization · Iran / Multi 99 items
- Suqur al-Izz Group · Syria 5 items
- Syria Country 4,318 items
T
- Tabriz City or region · Iran 43 items
- Taliban Group · Afghanistan, Pakistan 868 items
- Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Person · Qatar 54 items
- Tehran City or region · Iran 2,512 items
- Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Group · Pakistan 4 items
- Tel Aviv City or region · Israel 629 items
- Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi Person · United Arab Emirates 2 items
- Tiandy Technologies Organization · Iran / Multi 2 items
- Tunisia Country 480 items
- Turkestan Islamic Party Group · China, Pakistan, Syria. 6 items
- Turkey Country 4,006 items
- Tyre City or region · Lebanon 21 items
U
- United Arab Emirates Country 1,132 items
W
- West Bank City or region · Palestinian Territories 1,308 items
Y
- Yant İnşaat Gıda Turizm Sanayi Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti. Organization · Turkey 2 items
- Yariv Levin Person · Israel 7 items
- Yaşar Güler Person · Turkey 20 items
- Yassine Jaber Person · Lebanon 2 items
- Yemen Country 1,431 items
- Yusuf Tekin Person · Turkey 5 items
Z
- Zindashti Transnational Repression Network Organization · Multi (Europe Focus) 2 items
- ZTE Organization · Iran / Multi 3 items