[caption id="attachment_55234856" align="alignnone" width="620"] Anti-Assad protesters in Syria[/caption] Stephen Starr spent several years in Syria…

[caption id="attachment_55234829" align="alignnone" width="600"] Bruce Reidel[/caption] Bruce Riedel has served in the National Security Council …

[caption id="attachment_55234810" align="alignnone" width="600"] Tea and Coffee by Nadia Hamomud (credit: Nour Festival/Nadia Hammoud)[/caption…

[caption id="attachment_55234804" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Memorandum from the US National Security Council regarding a briefing for…

[caption id="attachment_55234774" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and US President Barack Obama. (credit:…

[caption id="attachment_55234760" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Front page of the embattled Turkish newspaper, Taraf, 22 October 2012.[/caption] …

[caption id="attachment_55234725" align="alignnone" width="620"] France's President Francois Hollande delivers a speech at the Senegalese National…

[caption id="attachment_55234696" align="alignnone" width="620"] Fidel Castro in 1994[/caption]Fifty years ago this month, the world held its breath…

[caption id="attachment_55234669" align="alignnone" width="620"] (Photo credit: RICHMIX)[/caption] Algeria celebrates 50 years of independence this…

[caption id="attachment_55234653" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iranian soldier wearing a mask against chemical weapons used by Saddam Hussein.[…