Middle East & North Africa

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman drinks coffee during the graduation ceremony of the 93rd batch of the cadets of King Faisal Air Academy, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 21, 2018. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1640D13C90

What’s behind the sudden ouster of top Saudi military commanders

Thursday, March 1, 2018

People line up with empty canisters and bottles as they wait to collect filtered water in Toukh, El-Kalubia governorate northeast of Cairo, Egypt June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC15FDCAEB90

Egypt’s long-term stability and the role of the European Union

Adel Abdel Ghafar

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem February 25, 2018. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool - RC1FB1C1B820

Bibi’s Faustian bargain—Why the cost of Netanyahu’s political survival could be steep

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

A member of al Qaeda's Nusra Front climbs a pole where a Nusra flag was raised at a central square in the northwestern city of Ariha, after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the area in Idlib province May 29, 2015. A Syrian insurgent alliance which has captured the last government-held town in the northwestern Idlib province made further advances on Friday, a monitoring group and fighters said. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - GF10000111523

6 counterterrorism lessons from the Syrian civil war

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves upon his arrival to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (not pictured) in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank February 10, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RC1E60B31120

Is it time for India to play a role in Israeli-Palestinian peace?

Kadira Pethiyagoda

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Smoke rises at a damaged site after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh - RC1E74EFF970

Russia stumbles in the fog of Syrian war

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters walk as the sun sets in Eastern Afrin countryside, Syria, February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC1E12B5E3F0

The struggle for Syria, Chapter Two

Itamar Rabinovich

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

A Kurd living in Greece holds a poster depicting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a demonstration against the Turkish offensive on Kurdish forces in northwest Syria, in Athens, Greece, January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis - RC16FB9E79B0

The new geopolitics of Turkey, Syria, and the West

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Israeli security forces examine the remains of an F-16 Israeli war plane near the Israeli village of Harduf, Israel February 10, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC179C599980

Iran and Israel face off in Syria, as if it wasn’t complicated enough

Dror Michman and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

A checkpoint held by Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad is pictured in Aleppo, Syria February 10, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC14E1387B70

After 7 years of war, Assad has won in Syria. What’s next for Washington?

Tuesday, February 13, 2018