Middle East & North Africa

Health workers carry a national flag as they march during a protest calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit, in Algiers, Algeria March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC16969E1C30

Surveying protesters and the military amid Algeria’s uprising

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Shi'ite fighters ride on the back of a truck with their weapons in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji, October 18, 2015. Iraqi forces backed by Shi'ite militia fighters say they have retaken a mountain palace complex of former President Saddam Hussein from Islamic State fighters, as government forces push ahead on a major offensive against the insurgents. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani - GF10000249718

Militias in the Middle East and North Africa: “It’s the governance, stupid!”

Jesse I. Kornbluth

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood take part in a sit-in against the Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner's visit to Jordan, near the U.S. Embassy, in Amman, Jordan, May 28, 2019. Picture taken May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RC16915627A0

Will the Bahrain workshop lead to progress on Middle East peace?

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

What does Mohammed Morsi’s death mean for Egypt?

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

General view of the port terminal in Algiers, Algeria March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC1308CF2410

How will the Continental Free Trade Area transform Africa?

Friday, May 31, 2019

The fast combat support ship USNS Arctic pulls alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to conduct a replenishment-at-sea in the Mediterranean Sea.

Is the US on a collision course with Iran?

Suzanne Maloney

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC164B05C010

Why is the Trump administration pushing to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists?

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

A Palestinian woman argues with an Israeli border policewoman over the removal of a Palestinian tent whose owners said they were informed by the Israeli forces that they didnt obtain a permit to erect the tent, in Susiya village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma - RC15417709C0

Is the Israeli-Palestinian peace process dead?

Khaled Elgindy and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, April 19, 2019

People gather during a nationwide strike against the government's refusal to raise wages in Tunis, Tunisia January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC180C53AD40

The next democracy debate in the Middle East: Democracy and Disorder Podcast Series

Torrey Taussig, Salam Fayyad, and Sharan Grewal

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

A view of minarets of Prophet Mohammad's Mosque in the holy city of Medina January 3, 2007. Pilgrims from all over the world gather in the holy city of Mecca each year for the five-day haj, which is a duty for every able-bodied Muslim at least once in a lifetime. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (SAUDI ARABIA) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE: ALSO SEE GF2E5440NM001 - GM1DUHYIKUAA

Islam as statecraft: How governments use religion in foreign policy

Tuesday, February 19, 2019