Middle East & North Africa

People rise hands during a protest near the Prime Minister's office in Amman, Jordan June 6, 2018. REUTERS/ Ammar Awad

Order from Chaos

Heavy lies the crown: The survival of Arab monarchies, 10 years after the Arab Spring

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Monday, March 8, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom activists hold a candlelight vigil in front of the Saudi Embassy to mark the anniversary of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, Wednesday evening in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo

Up Front

GCC News Roundup: US report finds Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi murder, Gulf states impose new restrictions to stem virus surge (February 1-28)

Monday, March 8, 2021

A girl reacts as she carries a bucket with laundry on her head while heading home as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Yoff neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Africa in Focus

Putting girls at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic response in Africa

Mamta Murthi

Friday, March 5, 2021

A view shows the Arab Maghreb Union countries foreign ministers meeting in Algiers, July 9, 2012. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Op-Ed

BDC Snapshots: Intra-regional economic integration would boost Maghreb economies

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Reports

Muscat, Oman.- In photos taken on November 13, 2020, it shows the streets of Muscat during the coronavirus pandemic. Oman has received $ 1 billion in direct financial aid from Qatar, at a time when the sultanate is trying to mitigate its economic crisis, which has been exacerbated by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices.

Report

Oman, Ten Years After the Arab Spring: The Evolution of State-Society Relations

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

An oil tanker is being loaded at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia May 21, 2018. Picture taken May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Middle East & North Africa

Economic diversification in the Gulf: Time to redouble efforts

Nader Kabbani and Nejla Ben Mimoune

Sunday, January 31, 2021

People are seen, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt January 5, 2021. Picture taken January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Fahmy

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Policy and Institutional Responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Egypt

Robert P. Beschel Jr.

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Hand Out photo dated Auguts 26, 2020 of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), not pictured, executes a passing exercise with Turkish Navy frigates TCG Barbaros (FF 244) and Burgazada (F 513) in the Mediterranean Sea. Tension is simmering in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean as Greece and Turkey, NATO allies but historic rivals, inch toward a possible military confrontation that could end up engulfing the region. Naval vessels from both countries made a show of force in the contested region of the Eastern Mediterranean this week as a race for gas and oil reserves adds a new point of friction to old disputes. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV via ABACAPRESS.COM

Report

Turkey, Europe, and the Eastern Mediterranean: Charting a way out of the current deadlock

Galip Dalay

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Admiral Ali Saeed Al Shehri speaks with soldiers during mixed maritime exercise with U.S. Navy and Saudi Royal Navy, at Saudi Military Port, Ras Al Ghar, Eastern Province, in Jubail, Saudi Arabia February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Middle East & North Africa

What to do – and what not to do – in the Middle East

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Monday, January 25, 2021

Blog Posts

Jihan Abass, founder and CEO of Griffin Insurance, holds her phone as she displays an insurance product under Griffin Motor app as they prepare to release their flagship digital-only car insurance company, in Nairobi, Kenya January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Jackson Njehia

Africa in Focus

Figures of the week: African insurance market poised for growth

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

People wearing protective face masks wait in line in front of Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) stand inside a Carrefour hypermarket ahead of Black Friday, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Cairo suburb of Maadi, Egypt November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Order from Chaos

In the Middle East, poverty is down but economic grievance is up. Why?

Steven Heydemann

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Soldiers ride on the back of a patrol truck during the burial of Brigadier General Abdul-Ghani Shaalan, Commander of the Special Security Forces in Marib who was killed in recent fighting with Houthi fighters in Marib, Yemen February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Owidha

Order from Chaos

Getting Yemen’s Houthis to “yes” on a ceasefire

Bruce Riedel

Monday, March 1, 2021

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Experts

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Multimedia

File photo dated December 23, 2018 of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (also known as MBS) attends a graduation ceremony for Saudi airforce officers at King Faisal Airbase in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. A US intelligence report has found that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the murder of exiled Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. The report released by the Biden administration says the prince approved a plan to either "capture or kill" Khashoggi. Photo by Bandar Al Jaloud - Royal Palace / ABACAPRESS.COM

Podcast Episode

How should the US respond to Mohammed bin Salman’s role in Khashoggi killing?

Bruce Riedel and Adrianna Pita

Monday, March 1, 2021

Photo: Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

Podcast Episode

What’s the significance of Biden’s first military strikes in Syria?

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Adrianna Pita

Friday, February 26, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he takes part in a Munich Security Conference virtual event from the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Podcast Episode

Biden is ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran. How will they respond?

Suzanne Maloney and Adrianna Pita

Friday, February 19, 2021

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