Middle East & North Africa

An Iranian demonstrator holds a picture of the late Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, during a protest against the assassination of Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in front of United Nation office in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

India’s reaction to the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani

Friday, January 3, 2020

A demonstrator holds the picture of Qassem Soleimani during a protest against the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were killed in an air strike in Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

How will Iran respond to US assassination of Soleimani?

Suzanne Maloney and Adrianna Pita

Friday, January 3, 2020

A demonstrator holds a picture of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, during protest against the assassination of Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were killed in an air strike in Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Killing Iran’s Qassem Suleimani changes the game in the Middle East

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, January 3, 2020

A protest by the Stop the War Coalition against the threat of war with Iran opposite Downing Street in Whitehall, London.

The US public still doesn’t want war with Iran

Shibley Telhami

Friday, January 3, 2020

Protesters and militia fighters gather to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the main gate of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili

Around the halls: Experts discuss the recent US airstrikes in Iraq and the fallout

Ranj Alaaldin, Scott R. Anderson, Daniel L. Byman, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Jeffrey Feltman, Steven Heydemann, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, and Shibley Telhami

Thursday, January 2, 2020

An Iraqi demonstrator reacts during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq December 3, 2019. Picture taken December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

Is change likely in Iraq?

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, December 20, 2019

Security members inspect the site of an overnight air strike, which hit a residential district in Tripoli, Libya October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

On the cliff edge of a new stage of the Libyan conflict

Federica Saini Fasanotti

Thursday, December 19, 2019

A combination picture shows leader of Blue and White party, Benny Gantz in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel September 17, 2019, Avigdor Lieberman, head of Yisrael Beitenu party in Tel Aviv, Israel September 5, 2019 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Jordan Valley, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun, Nir Elias, Amir Cohen - RC17757CDF80

Timeline: A tumultuous year in Israeli politics

Kevin Huggard and Natan Sachs

Thursday, December 19, 2019

A Saudi border guard patrols Saudi Arabia's maritime border with Yemen along a beach on the Red Sea, near Jizan April 8, 2015. Iran sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, state media reported, establishing a military presence off the coast of Yemen where Saudi Arabia is leading a bombing campaign to oust the Iran-allied Houthi movement. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser - GF10000052482

Red Sea geopolitics: Six plotlines to watch

Sunday, December 15, 2019

The Belt and Road Initiative: China-Middle East Cooperation in an Age of Geopolitical Turbulence

9:00 AM - Tuesday Dec 17, 2019 3:00 PM AST