Tag: Middle East and North Africa

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is the leading institution dedicated to the humanitarian needs of the besieged people in the ...

Perhaps the Syrian government’s worst-kept secret has been its exploitation of the Palestinian cause. At the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict in October last year, while some suspected that Syria ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Yechiel Leiter to serve as the country’s next ambassador to Washington, Netanyahu’s office announced on Friday. Leiter previously served as his chief of staff ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s broad mandate portends many changes to U.S. policy, but when it comes to the Middle East, things are likely to remain mostly the same. Support for Israel ...

As in Israel, there is definitely a pro-Trump vibe from elites and officials in the Persian Gulf region of the Middle East. It is no secret that the Israelis and ...

Here’s what’s on tap for the day: The world watches anxiously as Americans head to the polls in one of the most consequential presidential elections in memory, Hezbollah has a ...

Everywhere I have been in the past month—New York City, Tulsa, Santa Fe, Dallas, Seattle—someone asks me: “What are the differences between what a Harris administration and a Trump administration ...

The trajectory of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka—widely known as the Tamil Tigers—is often cited by proponents of Israel’s stated war aim of entirely eliminating ...

As Israel expands its military campaign in southern Lebanon amid escalating conflict in the Middle East, a Lebanese American community in a key swing state could leave its mark on ...

Israel carried out a series of airstrikes against Iran early Saturday, hitting multiple targets in a significant escalation of the conflict between the two sides that has sparked fears of ...