Middle East & North Africa

On April 13, 2020, Suzanne Maloney discussed “Why the Middle East Matters” via video conference with IHS Markit.

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Armed Houthi followers ride on the back of a truck outside a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen April 8, 2020. Picture taken April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Saudi Arabia wants out of Yemen

Monday, April 13, 2020

Shi'ite pilgrims make their way to Kadhimiya to mark the death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim during a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Baghdad, Iraq March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Are COVID-19 restrictions inflaming religious tensions?

Geneive Abdo and Anna L. Jacobs

Monday, April 13, 2020

Mahmoud Jibril, head of the National Forces Alliance, talks during a news conference at his headquarters in Tripoli July 8, 2012. Jibril, the U.S.-trained consultant who abandoned the Gaddafi administration to become the face of the Libyan revolution, is positioning himself as a potentially unifying force as the country emerges from four decades of dictatorship. Picture taken July 8, 2012. To match Newsmaker LIBYA-ELECTIONS/JIBRIL REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)

Remembering Libya’s revolutionary prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril

Jeffrey Feltman and Gene A. Cretz

Thursday, April 9, 2020

People walk near the light rail in the centre of Jerusalem October 18, 2015. A surge in Palestinian attacks in Israel is raising concerns that the weakening economy could eventually be pushed into recession. Picture taken October 18, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

A growth strategy for the Israeli economy

Zvi Eckstein, Avihai Lifschitz, and Sarit Menahem-Carmi

April 2020

Volunteers from Basij forces wearing protective suits and face masks spray disinfectant in the streets, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, in Tehran, Iran April 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Ali Khara via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Iraqi Shia leaders split over loyalty to Iran

Saturday, April 4, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Houthi troops ride on the back of a police patrol truck after participating in a Houthi gathering in Sanaa, Yemen February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Why are Yemen’s Houthis attacking Riyadh now?

Monday, March 30, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A banner depicts Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, and Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as part of Blue and White party's campaign ahead of the upcoming election, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

In Israel, Benny Gantz decides to join with rival Netanyahu

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

Friday, March 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A private ambulance paramedic puts on protective gear during a training to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the town of Thika, near Nairobi, Kenya, March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

Africa is bracing for a head-on collision with coronavirus

Landry Signé and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Friday, March 27, 2020

RIAD, SAUDI ARABIA- In the photos taken on March, 24 of 2020, Saudi Arabia started its curfew due to coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has announced a curfew across the country for the next 21 days. Starting Monday (23), residents must stay inside their homes starting at 7 p.m. until 6 a.m., according to the Saudi state press agency. Employees of certain industries, including food services, healthcare and the media, are excluded from the 11-hour curfew. In addition, the Interior Ministry said it will take the necessary measures to enforce the new regulations.

Brookings experts on the implications of COVID-19 for the Middle East and North Africa

Tarik M. Yousef, Ranj Alaaldin, Geneive Abdo, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Omar Rahman, Yasmina Abouzzohour, Galip Dalay, Nader Kabbani, Adel Abdel Ghafar, and Noha Aboueldahab

Thursday, March 26, 2020