List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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Protesters hold Israeli flags and placards while chanting slogans during a demonstration in Jerusalem. ‘An Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis’
What Netanyahu’s assault on the Supreme Court means for Israel.
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A picture taken on August 25, 2022 shows Egyptian pound, British pound sterling, and US dollar banknotes. The IMF Has Too Many Economists for Its Own Good
The Fund's bailouts for Egypt had one big problem: they weren't designed by country experts.
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Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of TotalEnergies, speaks during a joint signing ceremony for offshore gas exploration in Beirut on Jan. 29. How Lebanon Can Unlock Its Oil and Gas Wealth
A new maritime deal with Israel could be an economic lifeline for Lebanon—if the government in Beirut can get its act together.
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The Emirati and Qatari energy ministers attend a meeting. Persian Gulf States May Be the Best Mediators for Peace in Ukraine
The Gulf Cooperation Council has maintained links to both Russia and the West.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 09: L - R Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helps US Vice President Joe Biden as he signs the guestbook at the Prime Minister's residence on March 9, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. The American Vice-President is in the Middel East to meet Israeli leaders including Peres and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before travelling to Jordan on Thursday. (Photo by Debbi Hill - Pool/Getty Images) Netanyahu Has Drawn a Saudi-U.S. Road Map
But Joe Biden shouldn’t play along.
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Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jableh in Syria's northwestern province of Latakia following an earthquake, on February 7, 2023. Syria’s Earthquake Victims Are Trapped by Assad
Russia left the war-torn region with only a single border crossing—and it’s no longer open for aid.
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A beggar sells tissues along the fence of the historic Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo on Jan. 16. Egypt Needs Democracy to Fix Its Economy
Sisi’s mismanagement has plunged the country into crisis. Both political and economic reform is needed to save it.
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Abbas sits in a chair frowning with his chin resting in his hand. Why Security Cooperation With Israel Is a Lose-Lose for Abbas
West Bank coordination is vital to Mahmoud Abbas’s and the Palestinian Authority’s survival. It’s also hugely unpopular among ordinary Palestinians.
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A security member loyal to Yemen’s Houthi movement lifts his firearm. The Yemeni Employees the U.S. Left Behind
The U.S. Embassy in Sanaa relocated to Saudi Arabia after the Houthi takeover. Local workers who remained felt abandoned.
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A close-up photo of Netanyahu and Putin standing face to face and smiling at each other. The Deeper Reason Netanyahu Won’t Arm Ukraine Against Russia
Jerusalem’s ties to Moscow are partly about security. They’re also about illiberalism.
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Blinken looks at Netanyahu, who is looking down. An Israeli flag can be seen in the background. 5 Ways Biden Can Thread the Needle With Israel’s New Coalition
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new right-wing government presents the Biden administration with some unpalatable and inconvenient choices.
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Portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are hung on buildings at a polling station in Douma, near the capital Damascus on May 26, 2021. Something Has to Give in Postwar Syria
Thirteen years of constant crisis is heading toward inevitable breakdown.
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A motorcycle is on fire during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests outside Tehran. Iran’s Regime Plays with Fire in Baluchistan
Stirring sectarian tensions in the country’s poorest province is a dangerous game.
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Hossein Salami, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, delivers a speech during a rally. Conscription Is Not an Excuse for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
Here’s why forced enlistment should not be a barrier to listing the Guard as a terrorist organization.
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Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Israel's parliament, the Knesset on January 13, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. Is Israel’s Democracy America’s Problem?
The Biden administration has a big decision to make about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s slide toward illiberalism.
