Middle East and North Africa

Will Raisi succeed where previous Iranian regimes have failed?

By purging veteran politicians, abandoning the pretense of free elections, and letting the welfare state decay, Tehran is playing with fire.

The terms offered would keep him out of prison but also out of office.

The Syrian leader’s crimes will forever be recalled alongside the world’s worst tyrannical butchers.

Not building on the Abraham Accords has been the biggest missed opportunity of his first year.

The slow fall of the nation-state’s monopoly on violence will shape future conflicts.

Washington may be tired of the Middle East, but Beijing is just getting started.

The United States has given up on trying to topple Bashar al-Assad—but continues to punish the Syrian people.

Why Tehran’s breakout time has shrunk—and the technological hurdles that remain.

There’s a single thread connecting the White House approach to the region, from Syria to Saudi Arabia.

Persistent contact with fake news disrupts even stable societies—but in war zones, it can be lethal.

President Kais Saied promised to confront corruption and defend poor Tunisians. Now, his government is abandoning and brutalizing them.

Despite Washington’s about-face on Western Sahara, the erstwhile darling of U.S. policy circles is more isolated than ever.

A canceled presidential election might be just what the country needs.

Arab states are welcoming the Syrian president back into the fold. That’s bad news for millions of Syrian refugees.

Lara Marlowe chronicles an impossible romance against the backdrop of war and journalism.

Tehran’s march toward the bomb has been enabled by the administration’s refusal to impose consequences.