List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Davos Diary: Iran Insists It’s Open for Business. Will It Have Any Customers?
With nuclear sanctions lifted, Tehran wants the world to invest in its economy. It remains to be seen if it will have any takers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Peacebuilder’s Field Guide to Protest Movements
Protest movements around the world scored major victories in 2015. But if we want to see real change, international donors need to stop fretting and lend a hand.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The War for Islam
Amid a roiling Middle East, Iran and Saudi Arabia are fanning the fires of sectarianism and playing politics in a zero-sum proxy war of religious fervor.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sisi’s Fracturing Regime
Egypt's strongman is cracking down ahead of the fifth anniversary of the revolution — but the real threat he faces isn't from protests.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Five Years Later, Tunisians Take to the Streets Again
In the new, democratic Tunisia, people are protesting again — and for the same reason as before.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Even the Saudi Grand Mufti Can’t Stop These Chess Players
A fatwa against the game of chess isn't stopping Saudi players from holding tournaments.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Davos Q&A: ‘ If Trump is the Republican Nominee’ Obama Won’t Get His Asia Trade Deal
Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS, says Obama won’t get his Asian trade deal if Trump is the Republican nominee.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.N. Envoy Signals That Riyadh Is Obstructing Syria Peace Talks
Saudi Arabia is sidelining the diplomat charged with ending the brutal Syrian civil war — and complicating the push toward a deal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Don’t Blame China for Plunging Oil Prices
Like other markets buffeted by Chinese economic headwinds, the oil market is in free-fall. But China’s slowdown isn’t really doing much to dampen its thirst for oil.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Drone War Goes Awry in Africa
Al Qaeda's attack on Burkina Faso proves that "decapitating" a terror group doesn't always change it for the better.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Davos Diary: Iran’s Zarif Accuses U.S. of ‘Coercion,’ and Tells the Saudis to Chill
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif had quite the day in Davos.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sharing His Sex Slave and Other Highlights From the Islamic State’s Obituary for Jihadi John
The Islamic State published an obituary for the British militant believed to have beheaded Western journalists and aid workers.
