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An Internally displaced Syrian youth carries a baby inside a refugee camp in the Hama countryside, Syria January 1, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Most people in the Middle East are living on the edge

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Bahrain's Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Fahad bin Mahmood, Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani pose for a family photo during the annual summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed - RC1E38F639D0

Facing big political challenges, this week’s Gulf Cooperation Council meeting fell flat

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) attend a meeting in Bayan Palace, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 4, 2017.

What Brookings experts are saying about the GCC summit

Nader Kabbani, Beverley Milton-Edwards, Kadira Pethiyagoda, Noha Aboueldahab, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Ranj Alaaldin, and Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Noha Aboueldahab

Interview: Ongoing war in Yemen

Noha Aboueldahab

Thursday, November 30, 2017.

Relatives of victims of the Al Rawdah mosque explosion, cry after leaving the Suez Canal University hospital in Ismailia, Egypt November 25, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah

Egypt mosque attack: New level of horror in decades-long struggle to control Sinai

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Monday, November 27, 2017

Girls protest against the Saudi-led coalition outside the U.N. offices in Sanaa, Yemen November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Yemen’s fate was sealed six years ago

Noha Aboueldahab

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Workers stand at Labor City where migrant workers' accommodation is located in Qatar, January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon

Supporting Indian workers in the Gulf: What Delhi can do

Kadira Pethiyagoda

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

A man walks past Azadi Tower (Liberty Tower) in Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2016. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/

Cultural and academic relations between Iran and the West after the nuclear deal: Policy recommendations

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Posters depicting Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, are seen in Beirut, Lebanon, November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Listen: Saudi Arabian purge and Yemeni blockade, frightening turn of events

Thursday, November 9, 2017.

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 11, 2017. Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout

Lebanon becomes next target of Saudi Arabia’s folly

Thursday, November 9, 2017.