Israel's race for regime change in Iran

Israel knows its military operation cannot last forever, so it is racing to either kill or fatally wound the Islamic Republic before the clock runs out

Michael Horowitz

Testing Kurdish Hospitality

[caption id="attachment_55248373" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian-Kurdish refugees, Jvan Khaled and his wife Shekha, celebrate their wedding ceremony at the Kawergosk refugee camp in Iraqi…

Dilan Raphiann

A Day to Remember

[caption id="attachment_55248281" align="alignnone" width="620"] (FILES) Photo taken 01 February 1979 at Tehran airport of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (C) leaving the Air France…

David Patrikarakos

A Taxing Problem

[caption id="attachment_55248228" align="alignnone" width="620"] Heavy clouds are seen over the center of Riyadh, on November 17, 2013. (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]Saudi Arabia has…

Thomas W. Lippman

Dreaming Big at Davos

[caption id="attachment_55248305" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iran's president Hassan Rouhani addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 23, 2014. (ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images)[…

Alex Vatanka

Between Taza and Gaza

[caption id="attachment_55248297" align="alignnone" width="620"] Morocco's King Mohammed VI. (AZZOUZ BOUKALLOUCH/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Two weeks ago, Marrakesh hosted the 20th Al-Quds …

Younes Hassar

Setting Priorities

[caption id="attachment_55248290" align="alignnone" width="620"] US President Barack Obama waits to deliver his the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on January 28, 2014…

Robert E. Hunter

Moving Mountains in Syria

[caption id="attachment_55248246" align="alignnone" width="620"] ‘The miraculous minaret’ no longer. (Tam Hussein)[/caption] A year ago the villages of Jebel Akrad were home to living, breathing…

Tam Hussein

The Gloves Come Off in Turkey

[caption id="attachment_55248211" align="alignnone" width="620"] Traditional camel wrestling in Burhaniye district of Balikesir, Turkey on January 26, 2014. (Hakan Firik/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)[…

Nicholas Birch

A Change of Course in Cairo?

[caption id="attachment_55248181" align="alignnone" width="620"] A United States Marine shakes hands with the leader of the Egyptian military band who is dressed in a Pharaoh contume October 23, 2001…

Alex Edwards