List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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The French Army patrols a rural area in northern Burkina Faso on Nov. 14, 2019. France and the United States Are Making West Africa’s Security Situation Worse
France’s unilateralism and the United States’ wavering are destabilizing the Sahel—and creating an opening for Russia and China.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Trump Extends Arab Push to Normalize Ties With Israel
With Bahrain also recognizing Israel, Washington hopes for a new era of Arab rapprochement with Israel—but that may prove more elusive.
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U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi to the White House on August 20 in Washington, DC. Will Trump’s Troop Drawdown Plans Destabilize Iraq and Afghanistan (Again)?
Successive presidents have promised to finally bring the troops home. But time and again neither country has shown its security forces are strong enough to ward off insurgents on their own.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greet during the India-Israel Business Summit in New Delhi on January 15, 2018. India’s Alliance With Israel Is a Model for the World’s Illiberal Leaders
From arms deals to occupation in Kashmir and the West Bank, Modi and Netanyahu increasingly share the same ethnonationalist worldview.
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U.S Vice President Joe Biden meets with troops during a visit with Jordan's King Abdullah at a joint Jordanian-American training center on March 10, 2016 in Zarqa northeast of Amman, Jordan. Under Biden, the Middle East Would Be Just Another Region
The Democratic presidential candidate would stop sucking up to the region's autocrats, but he also wouldn’t give much encouragement to liberals.
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A soldier runs for cover in Libya. The End of Hope in the Middle East
The region has always had problems—but it’s now almost past the point of recovery.
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A dhow sails past a crude oil tanker near the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, on Oct. 22, 2019. UAE Deal Boosts Israeli Oil Pipeline Secretly Built With Iran
The Jewish state is about to play a much bigger role in the region’s energy trade and petroleum politics.
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Britain's Prince Andrew leaves after speaking at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Bangkok on Nov. 3, 2019. Why Do Royals Get Away With So Much?
Prince Andrew’s entanglements with Jeffrey Epstein lack the usual excuse of affairs of state.
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Russian women who have been sentenced to life in prison for joining the Islamic State stand in a hallway of the Central Criminal Court in Baghdad on April 29, 2018. Spending the Pandemic in an Iraqi Jail
Hundreds of Islamic State-affiliated women are optimistic that Baghdad will soon have to let them go.
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A protester wearing a scarf of the Shiite movement Hezbollah chants slogans while being flanked by Lebanese police during an anti-US demonstration near the United States' Embassy headquarters in Awkar, northeast of the capital Beirut on July 10, 2020. Lebanon Is Paralyzed by Fear of Another Civil War
Sectarian tensions are nearing the boiling point—and what happens next is up to Hezbollah.
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An Israeli F-35I fighter jet takes part in a multinational air defense exercise at the Ovda Air Force Base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on Nov. 11, 2019. Peace for Warplanes?
How a dispute over an arms deal complicates normalization between Israel and the UAE.
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Iranian Shiite Muslims adhere to social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic as they attend a mourning ritual to commemorate the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein during the Islamic month of Muharram in advance of the Ashura religious holiday. Why COVID-19 Is Ravaging Iran Again
Poor governance, disinformation, censorship, and punishing U.S. sanctions have turned a crisis into a disaster.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the virtual Republican convention in a pre-recorded video from Jerusalem, Israel, on Aug. 25. Is Trump Touting His Diplomatic Achievements to Get Reelected?
Both parties have featured speeches from key diplomats at their conventions, with Mike Pompeo making a controversial cameo at the RNC—but they aren’t proposing much that’s new.
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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam U.S. Halts Some Foreign Assistance Funding to Ethiopia Over Dam Dispute with Egypt, Sudan
Some U.S. officials fear the move will harm Washington’s relationship with Addis Ababa.
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A U.S. soldier walks in front of a military vehicle patroling near the city of Al-Malikiyah in northeastern Syria, near the Turkish border, on Aug. 27. Russia Runs U.S. Troops Off the Road in Syria
Lawmakers and former U.S. military officials criticized the Trump administration for failing to forcefully condemn the Kremlin after several U.S. troops were injured in Syria.
