List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Campaign 2016 Has the Worst of Middle Eastern Politics
Politics in the land of the free has started cribbing from a region full of dictators, demagogues, and dynasties.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Beat the Islamic State Through Non-Violence
Guns and bombs aren’t the only way to beat the jihadists.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia’s Destructive Oil Freeze
Riyadh has positioned global oil markets for a never-ending series of boom-and-bust cycles.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kerry Accuses Syria of Trying to Undercut Peace Talks
On eve of Syria peace talks, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presses Russia and Iran to get Syria to accept a political transition.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 World Powers Bolster Punishments Against U.N. Sex Abusers
The U.N. Security Council gives the world body chief authority to repatriate foreign peacekeeping contingents over sex crimes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rubio Slams Trump as ‘Anti-Israeli’
Days ahead of the make-or-break primary in his home state, the Florida senator says the Republican frontrunner would damage relations with one of Washington’s closest allies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Yes, There Is Actually an Instagram Account Collecting Photos of ‘Hot Migrants’
Someone is collecting photos of migrants they think are hot and posting them on Instagram.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Promised Land of Pot
Israeli entrepreneurs are hawking everything from cannabis-infused olive oil to vaporizers -- and hoping to get a slice of the lucrative U.S. marijuana market.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rouhani’s Moment of Truth
Iran’s president may have popular support, but the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has guns – and missiles. Whoever wins their fight will shape the country for years to come.
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ISRAEL GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL - AUGUST 04: Israeli soldier seen inside a tunnel built underground by Hamas militants leading from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel, seen on August 4, 2014 near the Israeli Gaza border, Israel. As Operation Protective Edge enters its 28th day, the Israeli mission of demolishing Hamas tunnels comes to a close and ground forces returned from Gaza, while Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Hamas rocket fire to Israeli continues. Palestinian groups including envoys of Hamas and Islamic Jihad held their first formal meeting in Cairo hoping to secure a durable ceasefire with Israel. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) Israel Is Building a Secret Tunnel-Destroying Weapon
As Hamas expands its tunnel network in Gaza, Israel, and the United States are collaborating on a clandestine project to thwart the Islamist group’s subterranean advantage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Are American Jews Turning Away from Israel?
Recent polling shows a growing divide.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Dispatch from a Train Wreck: Obama’s National Security Legacy
On the failings of "we don’t do stupid s---."