List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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trump_crocker While the Trump Team Fiddles, the World Burns
Across Africa and the Middle East, a vacuum of U.S. leadership is exacerbating crises and emboldening abusers.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 12: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) delivers the State of the Union speech before members of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol January 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. In his last State of the Union, President Obama reflected on the past seven years in office and spoke on topics including climate change, gun control, immigration and income inequality. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) 10 Things to Watch for in Trump’s Address to Congress
We'll offer our take on how we think he did later in the week.
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aaaosprey SitRep: Exclusive with Centcom Chief; President Trump’s Shadow Budget, Safe Zones in Syria
Iran in Yemen; Next Steps in Iraq, Yemen Raid; and Lots More
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houthis The Houthis Are Not Hezbollah
Donald Trump wants to ramp up Yemen's proxy fight against Iran. One small problem: Tehran doesn't really have a proxy there.
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aaasyria U.S. Forces Push Artillery, Rockets, and Helicopters Closer to the Fight in Mosul
Special operations forces, artillery, rockets, and airpower are working overtime to back up thousands of Iraqi troops fighting to eject ISIS from the city.
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aaasyria3 U.S.-Backed Fighters in Syria Worry More About Turkey Than ISIS
Foreign Policy visits a U.S. base where local forces are being trained to take back Raqqa. But the ethnic politics are daunting.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 03: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi wipes his brow during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (unseen) on June 3, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The meeting between the two leaders was intended to increase economic and security cooperation between their two countries, which shared 4.4 billion euros ($4.8 billion) in bilateral trade in 2014. The two disagreed over human rights issues such as capital punishment. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) Egypt Desperately Needs a Friend Right Now
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi requires more than a phone call with Donald Trump to get his country on stable footing.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN Volunteers put on gas masks during a class on how to respond to a chemical attack, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on September 15, 2013. For two months, Mohammad Zayed, an Aleppo University student, has been training a group of 26 civilians in the hope they can respond to a chemical attack. AFP PHOTO / JM LOPEZ (Photo credit should read JM LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Administration Poised to Collide With Russia Over Syrian Chemical Weapons
Russian envoy vows to veto U.S.-backed resolution calling for sanctions against the Assad regime and the Islamic State for gassing Syrian towns.
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trumpnsc The Deep State Comes to America
In Egypt and Turkey, grand government conspiracies are a reality. In the United States, they're little more than fantasy.
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Smoke billows as Iraqi forces attack Mosul airport during an offensive to retake the western side of the city from jihadists of the Islamic State group on February 23, 2017. Iraqi forces entered Mosul airport, which lies on the southern edge of the city, for the first time since the Islamic State group overran the region in 2014. Control of the base and airport would set government forces up to enter Mosul neighbourhoods on the west bank of the Tigris, a month after declaring full control of the east bank. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) Iraqi Army Ahead of Schedule in Fight For West Mosul, U.S. Officials Say
After the brutal slog to clear eastern Mosul, Baghdad is throwing all its chips on the table to finish off the last ISIS stronghold in Iraq.
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trumpiran Trump Can’t Deal With Iran If He Doesn’t Understand It
Tweets about putting Iran "ON NOTICE" are no replacement for appreciating the sources of Iranian conduct in the Middle East.
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mbjordan The Trump Administration’s Islamophobic Holy Grail
Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group would cripple U.S. foreign policy and launch a domestic smear campaign.
