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_55245932" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish high school students pose on October 1, 2013 in the predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, a day after Erdoğan's reform…
[caption id="attachment_55245891" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Yemeni refugee girl fills a container with water in a makeshift kitchen in the grounds of a public school in the port city of Aden…
[caption id="attachment_55245886" align="alignnone" width="619"] US President Barack Obama and US Vice President Joe Biden greet troops during a ceremony to mark the return of the US Forces-Iraq…
[caption id="attachment_55245878" align="alignnone" width="594"] T-shirts, some depicting Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, are sold on Tahrir Square during the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Arab–Israeli war on…
[caption id="attachment_55245846" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Supporters raise up posters depicting President Hassan Rouhani of Iran as his motorcade leaves Mehrabad Airport on September 28,…
[caption id="attachment_55245863" align="alignnone" width="596"] A Lebanese man uses a public phone near a poster featuring Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (R) and Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah…
[caption id="attachment_55245842" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kurdish people listen to Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announce his reform package on TV on September 30, 2013, in…
[caption id="attachment_55245813" align="alignnone" width="620"] Newly appointed Algerian Foreign Affairs Minister Ramtane Lamamra attends a press conference with his Canadian counterpart at the…
[caption id="attachment_55245834" align="alignnone" width="620"] Major General Hassan Firoozabadi (C) salutes alongside other military commanders as they observe a parade commemorating the 31st…
[caption id="attachment_55245765" align="alignnone" width="620"] The national flag flutters as Libyan security gather in the capital, Tripoli, on September 21, 2013. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images)[…
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