Middle East & North Africa

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) escorts Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Junker (R) before a welcoming ceremony in Ankara June 9, 2003. REUTERS/str CRB - RP3DRIPUDTAA

Ahead of an EU-Turkey summit, don’t expect big breakthroughs

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Women are seen walk near damaged buildings in Afrin, Syria March 22, 2018. REUTERS/ Khalil Ashawi - RC1ADFC75FE0

Syria’s civil war is far from over

Friday, March 23, 2018

Opposition supporters hold letters forming the slogan "Democracy now in peaceful protest", during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas

Democracy in the new geopolitics

Torrey Taussig and Bruce Jones

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a news conference with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC1227AC9B20

Israel’s broken system needs to be fixed

Thursday, March 22, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington

Mohammed bin Salman, son of the Iraq War

Shibley Telhami

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

A Palestinian woman supporting Hamas takes part in a rally marking the 30th anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Gaza City December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem - RC1F353786D0

Why Israel is stuck with Hamas

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, March 19, 2018

Members of the delegations take part in the international meeting on Syria in Astana

7 years into the Syrian war, is there a way out?

Friday, March 16, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman (center L) at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC19D7D768F0

Muhammad bin Salman’s U.S. visit marks 75 years of U.S.-Saudi ties

Monday, March 12, 2018

A man looks at central Riyadh from the Faisaliah Tower - Saudi Arabia, December 14, 2003. - PBEAHUOLTBX

A glimpse inside Saudi Arabia in photos

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

A boy stands on the rubble of a damaged building at the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh - RC123E639BD0

Wanted: A strategy for stabilizing Syria

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, March 6, 2018