List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Takes to Twitter to Slam GOP Critics of Syrian Resettlement Plans
President Obama just went on a twitter rant, blasting the GOP for opposing his Syrian resettlement plans.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Mapped: Where Airstrikes in Syria Are Targeting Medical Workers
A new report released by Physicians for Human Rights maps attacks on Syrian hospitals.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A New Survey Finds U.S. Citizens Aren’t the Brightest When It Comes to Money
U.S. citizens lag behind their international peers when it comes to understanding money.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kurds Can’t Be Syria’s Saviors
Washington’s new allies in the fight against the Islamic State are gaining ground. But their Kurdish leaders are getting in the way.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic State Says It Used This Bomb to Down a Russian Airliner
The image shows a can of Schweppes Gold and what appears to be a detonator and a switch on a blue background.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hours After French Raids, Fate of Mastermind Still Unknown
Two people were killed and seven arrested in a pre-dawn raid in a northern suburb of Paris. Whether attacks mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud was among them is still unknown.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Syrian Refugees Are Not the Problem
Building walls and treating asylum seekers like would-be terrorists is the kind of overreaction that the Paris attackers would have wanted.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Is the Breaking Point for Nonviolent Resistance?
Global Thinkers Erica Chenoweth and David Scheffer debate when — if ever — social and political movements should turn to armed insurgency.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hitting the Islamic State’s Oil Isn’t Enough
Washington is bombing tankers and refineries to keep the terrorist group from profiting from its stolen oil. But oil isn’t the group’s biggest source of money.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 France’s Forever War
After Nov. 13, France may feel the worst is over. But Islamist terrorist attacks are the country's new normal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Israel to Sweden: Don’t Make the Paris Attacks About Palestine
Israel is demanding an explanation for remarks from Sweden's foreign minister, who said extremism is in some ways tied to the the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Best Way to Deal With Governors Who Don’t Want Syrians Might Be to Avoid Them
The best way for the White House to deal with 27 U.S. governors who don't want Syrian refugees is to avoid them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 France Has Been No Friend to Muslims
And until Paris confronts its deep historical legacy of colonialism and prejudice, violence will continue.