List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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U.S. Representative Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, speakings during a Congressional hearing on Afghanistan at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 29, 2021. Top House Democrat ‘Deeply Worried’ About Israel’s War Strategy in Gaza
Israel is losing the support of Democrats over how it’s prosecuting the war, lawmaker warns.
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A Palestinian man sits on a piece of rubble beneath a blue sky with his head cradled in his hand as he waits for news about his missing daughter. In the background, rescue workers climb a stack of debris from a collapsed building as they search for survivors. When AI Decides Who Lives and Dies
The Israeli military’s algorithmic targeting has created dangerous new precedents.
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Girls walk to class on the first day of school in a Yazidi displacement camp about 9 miles from the city of Dohuk in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on Nov. 1, 2021. Iraqi Kurdistan’s Ethnic Minorities Are Under Attack
A power struggle between Baghdad and Erbil is targeting the country’s most vulnerable.
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A protester wearing glasses and holding a sign screams into the camera. Behind is a crowd of more protesters holding signs and waving Israeli flags. Why Won’t More Feminists Speak Up For Israeli Victims of Sexual Violence?
Israel’s government has promoted misinformation around Oct. 7, but that doesn’t mean victims should be ignored.
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This picture taken from southern Israel, near the border with the Gaza Strip on November 7, 2023, shows smoke rising from northern Gaza during shelling by Israeli forces amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Israel Has Failed to Restore Deterrence
The concept that has always guided Israeli strategy may not survive the current war.
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A Palestinian woman and her son look out on the street ahead of a funeral procession of Palestinian men killed in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the West Bank. Egypt Is Obliged to Let Gaza Refugees In
Cairo’s decision to seal the border has exacerbated a humanitarian disaster. It’s also illegal.
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People with Free Palestine posters walk past a campus gate that reads "PRESENTED BY THE CLASS OF 1929" What Columbia’s Protests Reveal About America
Some politicians have called student protesters a threat. Instead, they are providing us all with an education in democracy.
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A worker picks fruit at a farm at the Malkia kibbutz. Israel Is Desperate to Replace Palestinian Farmhands
Newly arrived Indian workers say abuse is common.
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Then-U.S. President Barack Obama, standing with then-Vice President Joe Biden, holds a press conference about the Iran nuclear deal at the White House in Washington on July 14, 2015. U.S. Fixation on Nuclear Deal Let Iran Loose on the Middle East
Washington’s shortsighted policies enabled Tehran and its proxies to destabilize the region.
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Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attends the 4th Summit of Arab States and South American countries in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on November 11, 2015. Qatar Is Ready to Call Netanyahu’s Hostage Bluff
Frustrated by Israel’s negotiating position, Doha is threatening to walk away.
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U.S. President Joe Biden, touching his temple with his right hand, delivers remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Congressional Push for Oil Sanctions Puts Biden in a Bind
New measures to punish Iran, Venezuela, and Russia could raise crude prices and hurt Biden in an election year.
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Children with dirt on their faces reach out through bars with large bowls. Why Aren’t We Talking More About the Famine in Gaza?
Israel-Iran tensions should not distract us from the suffering of Palestinians.
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A man walks past a banner depicting Iranian missiles along a street in Tehran on April 19. The Iran-Israel War Is Just Getting Started
As long as the two countries remain engaged in conflict, they will trade blows—no matter what their allies counsel.
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Workers at a construction site of the new administrative capital of Egypt, an unfinished skyscraper is in the background. A Tale of Two Megalopolises
What new cities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt tell us about their autocrats.
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Iranian pro-government supporters shout anti-Israel slogans while waving the Palestine flag at Palestine Square in Tehran, on April 14, 2024, in a celebration of the early morning Iran's IRGC attack on Israel. Iran fired over 100 drones and ballistic missiles on Saturday, April 14, 2024, in retaliation to an attack on a building attached to the country's consular annex in Damascus that killed seven members of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on April 01, 2024. Iran has blamed Israel for the attack on April 5, 2024 in Tehran. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) The Domestic Pressures Impacting Iran and Israel
How to think about an escalating conflict in the Middle East.
