Middle East & North Africa

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC185DAD66E0

After the midterms, could a threatened, volatile Trump flip on Israel?

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

A Syrian refugee teacher distributes books to her refugee students in their classroom at Fatih Sultan Mehmet School in Karapurcek district of Ankara, Turkey, September 28, 2015. Out of 640,000 Syrian children in Turkey, 400,000 are not at school, a Turkish official told Reuters on Friday, warning that those who miss out are likely to be exploited by "gangs and criminals". Educating the children among more than 2.2 million Syrian refugees in Turkey - most of whom live outside purpose-built camps - is seen as a critical part of the humanitarian response to the four-and-a-half-year-old conflict. Picture taken September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - GF10000230197

Syrian refugees and the schooling challenge

Omer Karasapan and Sajjad Shah

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Armed tribal Yemenis hold their weapons above their heads in a show of support for independent condidate Abdullah Al-Buchri in Koneib west of Sanaa April 26. Yemenis, still recovering from a bitter 1994 civil war, are due to cast votes on Sunday in parliamentary elections.YEMEN ELECTIONS - RP1DRICTBWAE

A brief history of America’s troubled relationship with Yemen

Monday, October 22, 2018

A policeman stands guard as an Indonesian journalist holds a placard during a protest over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in front of the Saudi Arabia embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 19, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta - RC1787518E20

On Jamal Khashoggi, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Saudi Arabia

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, October 19, 2018

Kurdish protesters hold flags during a protest in front of the Russian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi - RC116BE54E90

Unintended consequences? Foreign intervention, polarization, and conflict in MENA

Elena Ianchovichina and Suleiman Abu Bader

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi speaks during a news conference at Carthage Palace in Tunis, Tunisia, December 27, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1C743F3D50

Tunisia just lost its anchor of stability. That’s a good thing.

Sharan Grewal and Shadi Hamid

Monday, October 15, 2018

A man adjusts a flag for his daughter during celebrations marking the sixth anniversary of Tunisia's 2011 revolution in Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, Tunisia January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC192ECA71B0

In another first, Tunisia criminalizes racism

Monday, October 15, 2018

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman delivers remarks as U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes him in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1BA9175240

Saudi Arabia is taunting Trump

Friday, October 12, 2018

Human rights activists and friends of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi hold his pictures during a protest outside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC11BADE6ED0

After Khashoggi, US arms sales to the Saudis are essential leverage

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter plane flying above a traffic sign after taking off for a mission in Lebanon from an Israeli Air Force Base in northern Israel in this July 20, 2006 file photo. Israeli warplanes bombed unidentified Syrian targets early on September 6, 2007, causing no damage or casualties, the official Syrian news agency said. Syrian air defences fired at the incoming planes, which crossed into Syria after midnight local time, the agency said. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/Files (ISRAEL) - GM1DWCBQYXAA

Will Israel and Iran go to war in Syria?

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, October 5, 2018