Center for Middle East Policy

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Members of the Iranian revolutionary guard march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY ANNIVERSARY) - GM1E79M1GMB01

What both Trump and his critics get wrong about the IRGC terrorist designation

Suzanne Maloney

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara react as they stand on stage following the announcement of exit polls in Israel's parliamentary election at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC1262B7EBB0

Israel’s right-wing majority

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party react to exit polls in Israel's parliamentary election at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC1E78CE7370

Did Israelis just vote to end the two-state solution?

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Sudanese demonstrators stand next to a banner reading in Arabic "People want to build new Sudan" as they chant slogans during a protest rally demanding Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to step down, outside Defence Ministry in Khartoum, Sudan April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer - RC1BCDBB6200

Seizing Sudan’s moment of change: How Congress can help

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

People carry a national flag during a protest to push for the removal of the current political structure, in Algiers, Algeria April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina - RC11F4580FD0

Why Algeria’s army abandoned Bouteflika

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Cyclists ride past a Likud party election campaign billboard depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and billboards depicting Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, together with his top party candidates Moshe Yaalon, Yair Lapid and Gaby Ashkenazi, in Petah Tikva, Israel April 7, 2019. REUTERS/Nir Elias - RC1711986540

Israeli elections primer: Final polls and what they mean

Monday, April 8, 2019

African would-be immigrants (front) pray inside a mosque near the CETI (Short-stay Immigrant Centre) during the fasting month of Ramadan in Spain's North African enclave of Melilla October 10, 2005. Morocco, under pressure to stem illegal immigration to Spain and accused by rights groups of mistreating migrants, began flying detained Africans to Senegal and Mali on Monday, government officials said. 'We have already flown 140 illegal migrants back home in Senegal this morning and we are preparing a flight of 140 others also to Senegal soon from Oujda,' a senior official told Reuters. REUTERS/Andrea Comas - RP2DSFIXLEAB

Morocco, commander of the (African) faithful?

Monday, April 8, 2019

Worshippers attend morning prayers of Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at al Biar mosque in Algiers, Algeria, July 17, 2015.REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina - GF10000161786

Moderate Islam in the Maghreb: How US foreign policy shapes Islamist contention

Thursday, April 4, 2019

People carry national flags and banners during a protest calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit, in Algiers, Algeria March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina - RC1FD43A5650

Algeria’s army calls for the president’s removal

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh March 17, 2015. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a fight for his political survival on Tuesday as Israelis voted in an election that opinion polls predict the centre-left opposition could win. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - GM1EB3I09JH01

Will Israel’s Palestinian Arab citizens turn out to vote?

Shibley Telhami

Monday, March 25, 2019