Middle East & North Africa

People carry a national flag during a protest to push for the removal of the current political structure, in Algiers, Algeria April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina - RC11F4580FD0

Why Algeria’s army abandoned Bouteflika

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Cyclists ride past a Likud party election campaign billboard depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and billboards depicting Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, together with his top party candidates Moshe Yaalon, Yair Lapid and Gaby Ashkenazi, in Petah Tikva, Israel April 7, 2019. REUTERS/Nir Elias - RC1711986540

Israeli elections primer: Final polls and what they mean

Monday, April 8, 2019

African would-be immigrants (front) pray inside a mosque near the CETI (Short-stay Immigrant Centre) during the fasting month of Ramadan in Spain's North African enclave of Melilla October 10, 2005. Morocco, under pressure to stem illegal immigration to Spain and accused by rights groups of mistreating migrants, began flying detained Africans to Senegal and Mali on Monday, government officials said. 'We have already flown 140 illegal migrants back home in Senegal this morning and we are preparing a flight of 140 others also to Senegal soon from Oujda,' a senior official told Reuters. REUTERS/Andrea Comas - RP2DSFIXLEAB

Morocco, commander of the (African) faithful?

Monday, April 8, 2019

People carry flags during a protest demanding radical change in Algiers, Algeria April 5, 2019

Africa in the news: African Continental Free Trade Agreement updates, Algeria’s president resigns, and Vodacom Tanzania executives face criminal charges

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Worshippers attend morning prayers of Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at al Biar mosque in Algiers, Algeria, July 17, 2015.REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina - GF10000161786

Moderate Islam in the Maghreb: How US foreign policy shapes Islamist contention

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, December 20, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC1D04743FA0

Post-revolutionary Iran and Turkey at 40: Pragmatism and convergence

Thursday, April 4, 2019

People carry national flags and banners during a protest calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit, in Algiers, Algeria March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina - RC1FD43A5650

Algeria’s army calls for the president’s removal

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh March 17, 2015. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a fight for his political survival on Tuesday as Israelis voted in an election that opinion polls predict the centre-left opposition could win. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - GM1EB3I09JH01

Will Israel’s Palestinian Arab citizens turn out to vote?

Shibley Telhami

Monday, March 25, 2019

People take part in a protest demanding immediate political change in Algiers, Algeria March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina - RC1847826D50

Bouteflika’s bid for time

Thursday, March 14, 2019

An aerial view of part of the Red Sea coast, with hotels and resorts in Sharm el-Sheikh, is seen through the window of an airplane, Egypt, December 7, 2015. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - GF10000257526

Red Sea blueprints

Tuesday, March 12, 2019