The French Institute of the Near East (French: Institut français du Proche-Orient, IFPO) is a French social science research institute with locations in Jordan (Amman), Lebanon (Beirut), with additional operations in Iraq and Palestine, and formerly in Syria (Damascus and Aleppo) until 2011. It was founded in 2002.
Operating under the French government's Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (French: Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, MEAE) portfolio, the IFPO is part of a network of French research centers abroad.
