Lebanon front opens up amid US-Iran war

Attacks by Hezbollah and an Iraqi militia appear to be a calculated step by Tehran to widen the arena of conflict in a bid to raise the costs for its adversaries

Elie Kossaifi and Fayza Diab

Iran’s Political Football

[caption id="attachment_55250279" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iran's national football team coach Portuguese Carlos Queiroz (R) commands a training session at the Corinthians Training Center in…

David Patrikarakos

Bartering over Iraq's Future

[caption id="attachment_55250238" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iraqi man reads a local newspaper the day after results revealed that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki won the most seats in…

James Denselow

Pursuing Happiness

[caption id="attachment_55250172" align="alignnone" width="620"] A sign reads "Respecting Hijab is mandatory in City Center," dictating Islamic dress for women at the new Isfahan City Center shopping…

Christian Emery

Why All This Hatred?

[caption id="attachment_55250069" align="alignnone" width="620"] Shi'ite clerics pray over the coffin of Al-Manar cameraman Mohammad Mantash, who was killed in Syria, during his funeral in the…

Nuri Kino

Modi’s Moment

[caption id="attachment_55250178" align="alignnone" width="620"] India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) gestures during his arrival at the Prime Minister's Office in New Delhi on May 27, 2014. …

Afshin Molavi

Fueling Yemen’s Black Market

[caption id="attachment_55250151" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemenis queue to fill their jerrycans with gasoline at a gas station in Sana'a, Yemen, on May 13, 2014. (Sinan Yiter/Anadolu Agency…

Catherine Shakdam

Cleaning House in Tehran

[caption id="attachment_55250159" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian investors watch the prices of shares at the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) after the banks reduced the profit share rates and…

Reza H. Akbari

The Art of Egyptian Elections

[caption id="attachment_55250135" align="alignnone" width="620"] UAE singer Hussein Al-Jasmi, performs during a show at the opening a new showroom for Honda cars, hosted by al-Ghanem motors, in…

Elizabeth Monier