Middle East & North Africa

People stand on a Turkish military vehicle during a protest against an agreement on joint Russian and Turkish patrols, at M4 highway in Idlib province, Syria, March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Turkey’s intervention in Syria and the art of coercive diplomacy

Ranj Alaaldin

Saturday, March 21, 2020

US President Donald Trump (R) and Iraqi President Barham Salih attend a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 50th World Economic Forum.

The relationship between Iraq and the US is in danger of collapse. That can’t happen.

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Sara Allawi

Friday, March 20, 2020

Iraq's President Barham Salih meets with new prime minister-designate Adnan al-Zurfi in Baghdad, Iraq March 17, 2020. The Presidency of the Republic of Iraq Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Iraq has a new prime minister. What next?

Ranj Alaaldin

Friday, March 20, 2020

An employee looks for medicine at a hospital pharmacy in Abidjan April 8, 2011. Days of clashes between forces loyal to presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara and incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to cede power, have turned what was once known as the "Paris of Africa" into a ghost city. Aid agencies say hospitals are overwhelmed with wounded, medical supplies are lacking and doctors and nurses sometimes have to work without running water and electricity. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: HEALTH CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Figure of the week: African citizens’ views of basic health services

Anna Schaeffer and Christina Golubski

Thursday, March 19, 2020

A Woman wears a protective mask as she walks on a street in Adjame an area of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Strategies for coping with the health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Payce Madden

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party election campaign banner depicting his main rival Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White party sitting with Arab politician Ahmad Tibi, of the Joint List party, and Hebrew writing reading: "Without Ahmad Tibi, Gantz doesn't have a government", is seen in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel, February 25, 2020. Picture taken February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Corinna Kern

Israel’s Arab parties may help determine who runs the next government.

Omar Rahman

Friday, March 13, 2020

Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam is seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia September 26, 2019. Picture taken September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

The United States must not pick sides in the Nile River dispute

Addisu Lashitew

Monday, March 16, 2020

Demonstrators carry a national flag as they march, a year since the start of weekly protests calling for a complete overhaul of the ruling elite, an end to corruption and the army's withdrawal from politics, in Algiers, Algeria, February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

Why, after one year, protests continue to rock Algeria

Yahia H. Zoubir

Friday, March 13, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan nurses wear protective gear during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for the disease, in Nairobi, Kenya March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi/File Photo

Africa in the news: New EU-Africa strategy, impacts of the oil price crash, and spread of coronavirus

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, March 14, 2020

[It is unsurprising that Saad al-Jabri found Canada] more welcoming than the US... What [Jabri] hasn’t done is say anything public. I think he’s scared. Wouldn’t you be?

Bruce Riedel Middle East Eye Wednesday, March 11, 2020