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

Standing Up for Iraq’s Turkmen

[caption id="attachment_55249794" align="alignnone" width="616"] Iraqi Turkmen Front leader Arshad Al-Salihi shows his ink-stained finger after casting his ballot in the Iraqi parliamentary elections…

Mina Al-Droubi

Iran’s Looming Tug-of-War

[caption id="attachment_55249770" align="alignnone" width="620"] A combination of file pictures shows Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) addressing the faithful at the weekly Muslim…

Alex Vatanka

Losing Erbil

[caption id="attachment_55249764" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqi Kurdish anti-government protesters march in the city of Sulaimaniyah on February 17, 2011 (SHWAN MOHAMMED/AFP/Getty Images)[…

Dov Friedman

Turkey's Liberal Twilight

[caption id="attachment_55249718" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish riot police use gas to disperse demonstrators during the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul on July 8, 2013. (Bulent Kilic/AFP…

Nicholas Birch

Tunisia’s Example to Libya

[caption id="attachment_55249709" align="alignnone" width="620"] Young Libyans release lanterns into the sky as they celebrate the third anniversary of the popular revolt that overthrew Muammar…

Youssef Cherif

Time to Catch the Train

[caption id="attachment_55249675" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man stands watching the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in the western Saudi city of Mecca on November 2, 2010. (AMER…

Thomas W. Lippman

A Fateful Triangle

[caption id="attachment_55249647" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd L) shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry next to Chinese Foreign…

David Patrikarakos

Putting the Pieces Together

[caption id="attachment_55249662" align="alignnone" width="619"] US President Barack Obama, US National Security Adviser Susan Rice (R) and Secretary of State John Kerry (L) leave after meeting with…

Robert E. Hunter