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_55246303" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian volunteer women scrub paint and graffiti off a wall in Tahrir Square on Feburary 12, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. (Chris Hondros…
[caption id="attachment_55246285" align="alignnone" width="620"] Supporters raise up posters depicting President Hassan Rouhani of Iran as his motorcade leaves Mehrabad Airport on September 28, 2013,…
[caption id="attachment_55246244" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iraqi man visits the grave of a loved one at a cemetery in the capital, Baghdad, during the first day of the Muslim Eid Al-Adha…
[caption id="attachment_55246267" align="alignnone" width="594"] Egyptian opposition protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square, the day after former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi was ousted from power…
[caption id="attachment_55246254" align="alignnone" width="620"] Dr Lamees Ibrahaim at her home in Barnes on January 30, 2010. (Ben Stansall/ Lamees Ibrahim website)[/caption]The famous cookbook…
[caption id="attachment_55246006" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A Saudi woman sits in a vehicle as a passenger on September 22, 2013 in Riyadh (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]The issue…
[caption id="attachment_55246192" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemen's human rights minister Huriya Mashour answers journalists' questions on June 2, 2013 at the central prison compound in Sana'a,…
[caption id="attachment_55246183" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iran's and world powers' delegations sit prior the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks on October 15, 2013 at the United…
[caption id="attachment_55246155" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man looks at missiles displayed at the stand of China AVIC Avionics Equipment, at the Beijing International Aviation Expo in Beijing…
[caption id="attachment_55246145" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian demonstrators hold up portraits of the Islamic republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and wave placards with the…
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