Middle East & North Africa

A Palestinian man pushes a cart past a closed school during a general strike in support of an Israeli-Arab protest against Israel's Nation State Law, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa - RC1E115E2E90

Recommendations for US policy toward Gaza

Hady Amr, Ilan Goldenberg, Natan Sachs, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC177EB586A0

How will political strife in Israel impact Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’?

Monday, November 19, 2018

A general view shows Jerusalem's Old City and the Dome of the Rock, December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC1EB590C480

What’s next for Israel and the Palestinians 25 years after Oslo?

Salam Fayyad, Jeffrey Feltman, Natan Sachs, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Men walk through debris in the center of Afrin, Syria March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC1850B1E4F0

The politics of reconstruction in Syria

Steven Heydemann, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

A supporter of the Islamist Ennahda Party holds a party flag during a municipal elections campaign in Tunis, Tunisia April 28, 2018. Picture taken April 28, 2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1319B67DE0

What is the future of political Islam? Experts discuss

Friday, May 4, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on what is expected to be "implementation day," the day the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies that Iran has met all conditions under the nuclear deal, in Vienna January 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF20000096885

Watch: Experts explain what’s at stake on the Iran nuclear deal

Suzanne Maloney and Thomas Wright

Friday, May 4, 2018

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meets with Syrian army soldiers.

What are the United States’ options in Syria?

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Washington, DC-2018-On March 22, Foreign Policy at Brookings will host the minister of foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Adel Al-Jubeir, for an Alan and Jane Batkin International Leaders Forum. In his remarks, the foreign minister will provide perspectives on Saudi Arabias role as a regional leader for stability and reconstruction. He will also discuss the importance of maintaining key bilateral relationships to promote the restoration of security and stability in the Middle East.

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir on regional geopolitics, the U.S.-Saudi alliance, and more

Jesse Kornbluth

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Men walk through debris in the center of Afrin, Syria March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC1850B1E4F0

Seven years of Syria’s civil war: What Brookings experts are saying

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Women are seen walk near damaged buildings in Afrin, Syria March 22, 2018. REUTERS/ Khalil Ashawi - RC1ADFC75FE0

Syria’s civil war is far from over

Friday, March 23, 2018