Israel is signaling a wider campaign against Houthi militants in Yemen, a mountainous and impoverished country more than ...

The country is deeply divided along religious and ethnic lines, which makes continuing violence one likely scenario.

The western narrative dominates global perceptions of the recent and sweeping developments in Syria. Images of people ...

The visits came a day after Sharaa — also known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani — met with Turkish Foreign ...

and Libya, Yemen and Syria descending into civil wars from which none has fully emerged. Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, the fighting between Assad’s forces and various alliances of ...

Researchers went back to check Palestinian casualty reports from October 2023. They found a deadlier month for civilians—and ...

Damascus: Despite high hopes, ousting a longtime dictator and starting anew can go awry. Recent attempts at democratic ...

Anne Alexander answers your questions on the the fall of the Assad regime, its implications for the Middle East and ...

Assad’s downfall evokes memories of uprisings in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen, each of which brought civil war or ...

History tells us that where a fragmented coalition of armed groups finds itself in a political vacuum, more violence is ...

Why is the Arab world perpetually at war with itself? Why does it spawn so many extremist groups? Why has it been trapped in cycles of violence and instability for decades?

The Middle Eastern and North African nations that attempted to transition to democracy in recent years can attest to that. It ...