Middle East & North Africa

Supporters of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden shout anti-American slogans, after the news of his death, during a rally in Quetta May 2, 2011. Bin Laden was killed in a U.S. helicopter raid on a mansion near the Pakistani capital Islamabad early on Monday, officials said, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. U.S. officials said bin Laden was found in the million-dollar compound in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, 60 km (35 miles) north of Islamabad. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E75300AX01

Al-Qaida today, 18 years after 9/11

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

A factory employee works in a thread spinning factory in Cairo, Egypt, July 5, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1339B685A0

The curse of (uncontested) imports

Friday, September 6, 2019

Saudi women are seen in line as they are traveling at the Dammam railway station in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, August 21, 2019. REUTERS/ Hamad I Mohammed - RC1983891420

GCC News Roundup: Facebook suspends fake pages, Saudi Arabia eases laws on travel for women (August 1-31)

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Jordanian students sit in class at Baptist School in Ajloun city, 77km north of Amman, October 1, 2009. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN EDUCATION SOCIETY) - GM1E5A11PVB01

To create systems change in education, shift away from a ‘project mentality’

Friday, August 16, 2019

Members of UAE-backed southern Yemeni separatists forces are seen together with their supporters as they march during a rally in southern port city in Aden, Yemen August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman - RC12682D60A0

Saudi Arabia and the civil war within Yemen’s civil war

Thursday, August 15, 2019

U.S. Marines observe an Iranian fast attack craft from USS John P. Murtha during a Strait of Hormuz transit, Arabian Sea off Oman, in this picture released on July 18, 2019. Donald Holbert/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS- THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1FF5621490

Germany should pull together a European naval mission in the Gulf

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

People gather for a vigil to remember victims of the mass shootings at Dayton and El Paso, at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - RC1946393E00

What the post-9/11 war on terror can teach us about responding to domestic terrorism today

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

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GCC News Roundup: UAE oil tanker seized, Saudi Arabia releases Qatar national (July 1-31)

Monday, August 5, 2019

A photograph circulated by the U.S. State Departments Twitter account to announce a $1 million USD reward for al Qaeda key leader Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, is seen March 1, 2019. State Department/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC19395BB9E0

The death of Hamza bin Laden and the weakness of al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, August 1, 2019

An internally displaced woman from drought hit area carries a jerrycan of water as she walks towards her shelter at a makeshift settlement area in Dollow, Somalia April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC13A0B69130

Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals: A long way to go

Monday, July 29, 2019