Middle East & North Africa

REFILE - CORRECTING TYPO An Iranian woman holds a red flower as she attends a ceremony to bury remains of 150 "martyrs" from 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran, Iran June 27, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/West Asia News Agency via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

How the Iran-Iraq war will shape the region for decades to come

Friday, October 9, 2020

A money changer counts banknotes in Monrovia, Liberia September 21, 2018. REUTERS/Derick Snyder

Figures of the week: Deterring capital flight can help finance African development priorities

Thursday, October 8, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah speaks during a meeting at the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit at the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand, October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

GCC News Roundup: Kuwaiti ruler dies, Bahrain normalizes relations with Israel (September 1-30)

Monday, October 5, 2020

The body of Kuwait's late Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, who died after treatment in U.S., is carried by officials during his funeral procession, in Kuwait City, Kuwait September 30, 2020. Kuwait News Agency/Handout Via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGES WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

The post-Sabah era in Kuwait

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s declaration on human rights: Promises and pitfalls

Monday, September 28, 2020

Sudanese protesters march in a demonstration to mark the anniversary of a transitional power-sharing deal with demands for quicker political reforms in Khartoum, Sudan August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Normalizing Sudan-Israel relations now is a dangerous game

Payton Knopf and Jeffrey Feltman

Thursday, September 24, 2020

An Iranian woman wears a protective face mask as she walks next to an electronic currency board in Tehran, Iran July 2, 2020. Picture taken July 2, 2020. Mohamadreza Nadimi/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Iran: The double jeopardy of sanctions and COVID-19

Djavad Salehi Isfahani

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Cover: Re-engaging the Middle East

Re-Engaging the Middle East

Edited by Dafna H. Rand and Andrew P. Miller

2020

There has been long term and deep damage to Democratic support of Israel. You cannot fix that quickly. Netanyahu can play nice with Biden, but for most Democrats he is in the enemy camp.

Natan Sachs Financial Times Sunday, September 20, 2020

Madrassa of sheikh lotfollah mosque, Isfahan province, Isfahan, Iran.NO USE FRANCE

Iran’s Shia diplomacy: Religious identity and foreign policy in the Islamic Republic

Edward Wastnidge

Friday, September 18, 2020