Russia mulls Mali strategy after failed coup attempt

A coordinated attack by an Al-Qaida-linked group and Tuareg rebels was the most serious on Mali's Russian-backed military junta in years. After years of dominance, this puts Moscow on the back foot.

Anton Mardasov

Geneva’s Missing Piece

[caption id="attachment_55248097" align="alignnone" width="620"] A picture taken on January 20, 2014 in Montreux shows the place of the Iranian representative in the Syria peace conference (PHILIPPE…

Andrew Bowen

Erdoğan: A Walkabout or a Walkout?

[caption id="attachment_55248056" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan leaves a debate with Israeli President Shimon Peres called "Gaza: The Case for Middle East…

Barçin Yinanç

A Spanner in the Works

[caption id="attachment_55248059" align="alignnone" width="620"] Committee ranking member Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) and chairman Senator Robert Menendez (Democrat, New Jersey) listen during a hearing…

Arash Aramesh

Everybody's a Faloul

[caption id="attachment_55248037" align="alignnone" width="618"] An Egyptian street vendor sells the country's national flag and masks of Egypt's Defense Minister, General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, as…

Mahmud El-Shafey

E Pluribus Yemen

[caption id="attachment_55248008" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemen's President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi (R) speaks during the closing session of the national dialogue in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a…

Catherine Shakdam

Fetteh in ISIS Country

[caption id="attachment_55248019" align="alignnone" width="620"] A rebel fighter walks in a street of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 10, 2014. (MOHAMMED WESAM/AFP/Getty Images)[…

Tam Hussein

The Echo of a Bomb

[caption id="attachment_55247981" align="alignnone" width="620"] People visit the scene of the attack on the Yemeni defense ministry that took place on December 5, following the funeral of victims of…

James Spencer

Kurdistan Goes it Alone

[caption id="attachment_55247931" align="alignnone" width="620"] An employee works at the Tawke oil field near the town of Zacho, in Iraqi Kurdistan's Dohuk governorate, in this May 2009 file photo. …

Ranj Alaaldin

A Capital Idea?

[caption id="attachment_55247947" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian pedestrians wait to cross the road on December 24, 2013 in Iran. Due to strong air pollution in Tehran odd-even licence plate…

Farahmand Alipoor