Tag: Middle East and North Africa

One can only rejoice in the demise of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Much is uncertain about Syria’s future, but there is no question that the 24 years of Assad’s ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled the country early Sunday local time as a lightning advance by a coalition of rebel groups brought an abrupt end to 50 years of brutal ...

Over the past week, the future of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been placed squarely into question. A coalition of armed opposition factions has gone on the offensive in northern Syria, ...

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 ...