Syriais now nine years into a civil war that frequently promises, but never manages, to wind down. PresidentBashar al-Assadhas retaken much of the country, but broad swaths remain combat zones…

It has been over a month since the Islamic Republic was dealt with the huge blow of losing its second most powerful figure. While Tehran has vowed to avenge Soleimani’s assassination, its threats…

In the last two months, widespread protests over a controversial new citizenship law inIndiahave raised the prospect of a constitutional crisis. Those protesting the law—which for the first time…

In the last two months, widespread protests over a controversial new citizenship law inIndiahave raised the prospect of a constitutional crisis. Those protesting the law—which for the first…

Egypt's population reached 100 million on Tuesday as a counter installed atop the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) ticked over into nine digits for the first time,…

The final stretch of Syria’s nine-year-old civil war in the northwestern province of Idlib is experiencing a deepening humanitarian crisis as government troops have been pushing to take control of…

The Dominican Institute of Oriental Studies (IDEO) in Cairo paid tribute to Ali El-Samman (1929‒2017) — an Egyptian statesman, a leading voice for peace and understanding among monotheistic…

In the last three years, tragic scenes of poverty and mayhem have dominated the coverage ofVenezuela, a nation that used to be one of the wealthiest and most democratic countries inSouth America…

On the night ofJanuary 31, theUnited Kingdom officially left theEuropean Union. After almost 50 years of EU membership and three years of bitter division over the vote to leave, the moment of formal…

InDecember 2019, just two months afterU.S.PresidentDonald Trumpwithdrew mostU.S.forces fromSyria, I crossed into the country fromIraqfor my seventh visit sinceAugust 2017. A Turkish offensive…