List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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Iranian presidential hopeful Ebrahim Raisi speaks at Houri mosque in southern Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 10, 2017. Raisi, a hard-line cleric and close ally of Iran's supreme leader, has announced he will run in the May presidential election. Iranian hardliners had hope Raisi would challenge incumbent President Hassan Rouhani, who is eligible to run for a second term. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) The Supreme Leader’s Apprentice Is Running for President
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has everything going for him in his re-election bid – except the backing of the country’s most powerful person.
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unesco UNESCO Fights Back As ISIS Tries to Stamp Out Culture
In an interview with Foreign Policy, UNESCO chief Irina Bokova talks about why cultural destruction matters in the fight against terrorism.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson enter a hall during a meeting in Moscow on April 12, 2017. Tillerson meets Lavrov as Washington confronts Moscow about its support for the Syrian regime. Tillerson said that he wanted a frank exchange on the countries' relations. / AFP PHOTO / Alexander NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Washington Charges Russian Cover-Up; Lavrov Blasts Washington; Trump Says No To Syria Escalation
Putin Says Things Are Grim; Trump Advisor Under FBI Surveillance; Mattis Tries to Calm North Korea Situation; And Lots More
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GOLAN HEIGHTS, UNSPECIFIED - SEPTEMBER 07: Israeli army officers study a map as they view the border area with Syria from the Mt. Bental tourist observation post September 7, 2007 in the Golan Heights. Israeli soldiers regularly based in the controversial plateau that Israeli captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East War were put on high alert amidst rising tensions following a Syrian claim that its air defences repulsed Israeli warplanes that violated Syrian airspace early Thursday morning September 6. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images) Israel Isn’t a Fan of the Trump Doctrine
For an Israeli government near Syria’s front lines, not all U.S. military interventions are made the same.
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This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 1, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) inspecting the Korean People's Army Tank Crews' Competition-2017 at an undisclosed location. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Tillerson Roasts The Kremlin; U.S. Syria Policy Changes Daily; South Korean Politics Raise Questions for U.S. Policy
Trump Sells Warplanes to Nigeria; U.S. Warships Push Toward Korea; U.S. Troops in Syria Get More Protection; And Lots More
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Iranian opposition demonstrators carry a large green flag through the crowd during a demonstration in support of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, in Tehran on June 15, 2009, following an election that has divided the nation. Opposition supporters defied a ban to stage a mass rally in Tehran in protest at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide election win, as Iran faced a growing international backlash over the validity of the election and the subsequent crackdown on opposition protests. Rouhani Gets a Hard-line Challenger for Iranian Presidency
Ebrahim Raisi throws his hat in the ring as an anti-Western challenger to the current president.
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TOPSHOT - Smoke billows following a reported air strike on a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, on April 8, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Mohamad ABAZEED (Photo credit should read MOHAMAD ABAZEED/AFP/Getty Images) The Trump Doctrine Was Written By CNN
The president has officially reserved the right to use military force when he sees something that outrages him on TV.
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SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JULY 22: A man looks at antiques on display at Cenral Souq on July 22, 2015 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) The Urgency of Art in a Dangerous, Rapidly Changing World
With the first Culture Summit in Abu Dhabi, Foreign Policy seeks to highlight the power of collective imagination as a force for good.
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 05: U.S. President Donald Trump and King Abdullah II of Jordan shake hands before participating in a joint news conference at the Rose Garden of the White House April 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump held talks on Middle East peace process and other bilateral issues with King Abdullah II. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Did Trump get played by the king of Jordan like someone new to the region?
King Abdullah II’s apparent clout should raise concerns about the president’s foreign policy inconstancy.
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 7: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley confers with an aide during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council concerning the situation in Syria, at UN headquarters, April 7, 2017 in New York City. On Thursday night, the United States launched airstrikes directed at Syrian government air bases in response to the chemical attack earlier in the week. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) SitRep: Which Way on Syria; U.S. Ships Push Toward Korea; Washington Lambasts Moscow
Trump Doctrine Talk; U.S. Soldier Falls in Afghanistan; Russian Hacker Arrested; McFarland to Singapore
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A Syrian child receives treatment at a makeshift clinic following reported air strikes by government forces in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, on April 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Abd Doumany (Photo credit should read ABD DOUMANY/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Humanitarian Intervention in Syria Is Just Getting Started
But the president might be the last to know it.
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA - APRIL 7: In this handout provided by the U.S. Navy,The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 7, 2017 in the Mediterranean Sea. The USS Porter was one of two destroyers that fired a total of 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian military airfield in retaliation for a chemical attack that killed scores of civilians this week. The attack was the first direct U.S. assault on Syria and the government of President Bashar al-Assad in the six-year war there. (Photo by Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) Assad Shrugs off Trump’s Strike, Uses Just-Hit Airbase to Bomb Rebels
Less than 24 hours after Tomahawk missiles pounded an airbase used in a chemical weapons attack, Assad regime warplanes are reportedly back in the air.
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IDLIB, SYRIA - APRIL 4: Bodies of chlorine gas victims are seen after a suspected chlorine gas attack by Assad Regime forces to Khan Shaykhun town of Idlib, Syria on April 4, 2017. (Photo by Sadduldin Zaidan /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Syria’s Chemical Weapons Kill Chain
There’s a long list of Syrian officials with blood on their hands -- but the culpability goes all the way to the top.
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US President Donald Trump (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) walk together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 7, 2017. President Donald Trump entered a second day of talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday hoping to strike deals on trade and jobs after an overnight show of strength in Syria. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) What Trump Calls Strength, China Calls Stupidity
Donald Trump’s Syria strike may have upstaged Xi Jinping’s summit, but Beijing is only too happy to see the United States trap itself again in the Middle East.
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 7: Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vladimir Safronkov confers with aides during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council concerning the situation in Syria, at UN headquarters, April 7, 2017 in New York City. On Thursday night, the United States launched airstrikes directed at Syrian government air bases in response to the chemical attack earlier in the week. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) World Reacts to Trump’s Syria Strike, And The Kremlin Sends Reinforcements
America’s allies praised the attack but some worry it could signal the start of an open-ended U.S. military escalation in Syria.
