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.
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[caption id="attachment_55247814" align="alignnone" width="620"] Abu Iyad Al-Tunisi, then-leader of Tunisian Salafists is pictured during a meeting on May 20, 2012, in Kairouan, Tunisia. (Fethi…
[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…
[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,…
[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…
The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.
The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.
Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services