List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Tension Between Political Will and Political Power
From Syria to Germany, from the U.S. election to the plot line of Homeland, this week’s panel debates whether even the best political intentions can produce real change.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Plan to Prevent a Nuclear-Armed Iran
If the United States wants to stop Iran from cheating on the nuclear deal, it should be willing to work with the regime's enemies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Road to a Syria Peace Deal Runs Through Russia
Moscow’s decision about whether to continue its air war in Syria will determine the fate of a new cease-fire agreement.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Libya Matters — Again
The Islamic State is gaining ground in Libya’s chaotic vacuum and Western governments are worried
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic State Will Survive America’s Military Onslaught
In a new report, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicts the ranks of the Islamic State will swell in 2016.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Do We Have to ‘Hijack Your Planes’ Again?
Unable to control a wave of violence in Israel or maintain security in the West Bank, the rudderless, frustrated Palestinian Authority is out of ideas.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Feeding Syrians Feeds the War
For-profit companies in Washington, D.C., are giving bread to starving Syrians. But despite best intentions, they are making peace harder to achieve.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Moscow and Washington Are Tweet-Fighting Over Who Bombed Aleppo
U.S. and Russian officials sparred on Twitter Thursday over who had bombed Aleppo.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cairo’s Soviet-Style Silencing
The paranoid, authoritarian regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has turned the cultural capital of the Middle East into Brezhnev’s Moscow.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Israeli Lawmaker: There Can’t Be a Palestine Because Arabic Has No ‘P’
An Israeli lawmaker suggested that the etymology of the word Palestine affected land rights issues.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What to Do When Your Man Just Won’t Commit, Baghdad Edition
Obama, soft power, and the struggle for Iraq.