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

Trial by Fire

[caption id="attachment_55247941" align="alignnone" width="620"] Visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan looks on at the Istana presidential palace in Singapore on January 9, 2014 (MOHD…

Ahu Özyurt

Egypt’s Despondent Voters

[caption id="attachment_55247904" align="alignnone" width="619"] A boy sleeps on a scooter in Tahrir Square on July 8, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images)[/caption] On Tuesday and…

Ahmed Kadry

To Damascus, via Tehran

[caption id="attachment_55247897" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian PM Wael Nader Al-Halqi (L) meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) in Tehran on December 1, 2013. (Photo by Fatemeh…

Christian Emery

On His Own in Anbar

[caption id="attachment_55247871" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqi soldiers stand along a road close to their vehicle in the area of Ein Tamer, which leads west out of the central Iraqi Shi'ite…

Caryle Murphy

Yemen's Absent Angry Young

[caption id="attachment_55247856" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni youth march during a parade commemorating the second anniversary of the uprising against Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah…

Abubakr Al-Shamahi

Homemade Bombs

[caption id="attachment_55247845" align="alignnone" width="620"] Flames rise from burning cars at the site of a car bomb that targeted Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik on January 2, 2014. (AFP…

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Banishing the Brotherhood

[caption id="attachment_55247812" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian protesters and police clash during a demonstration in Cairo against the government's decision to label the Muslim…

Alex Walsh

Rouhani Approaches a Crossroads

[caption id="attachment_55247639" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves the podium after delivering his speech during a parliament session in Tehran on October 27,…

Alex Vatanka

Syria’s Kurdish Sideshow

[caption id="attachment_55247676" align="alignnone" width="620"] A female fighter of the Kurdish militia People’s Protection Units (YPG) looks through binoculars behind a fortified wall as she checks…

James Denselow