Attacks have already increased sharply, mostly confined to the territory separating the Kurdistan Region from the rest of Iraq, following the US withdrawal in late September
[caption id="attachment_55237835" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Two Afghan National Police keep watch on the outskirts of Herat, near the border between Afghanistan and Iran, on December 13, 2012…
[caption id="attachment_55237749" align="alignnone" width="620"] An armed man waves his rifle as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames after being set on fire inside the US consulate compound in…
[caption id="attachment_55237805" align="alignnone" width="620"] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at her final press interview in the Benjamin Franklin room of the State Deptartment on January…
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It has not been a good week for Egypt’s president,…
[caption id="attachment_55237605" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A Yemeni soldier mans a checkpoint in Sana'a on 23 January 2013. Source: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images[/caption]Last month,…
[caption id="attachment_55237670" align="alignnone" width="620"] Jordanians vote in the parliamentary elections on 23 January 2013 in the city of Zarqa, Jordan as a portrait of King Abdullah II looks…
[caption id="attachment_55237589" align="alignnone" width="620"] A woman carrying her daughter waits with others to cast her vote during the referendum on the new Egyptian constitution. The results…
[caption id="attachment_55237532" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Yemeni pro-democratic protestor shows her hands painted in the colors of her national flag and text reading in Arabic, "We want the…
[caption id="attachment_55237445" align="alignnone" width="620"] Anti-government protesters demonstrate in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on 18 January 2013. Thousands of Sunni Muslims took to the…
[caption id="attachment_55237457" align="alignnone" width="620"] Flags are displayed on the US Capitol as preparations continue for the second inauguration of US President Barack Obama in Washington…
In this week's cover story, Al Majalla examines the military balance of power on the ground, the networks through which the Houthis obtain weapons, and the foreign support they receive
Education reform is at the heart of the demonstrations shaking Paris and beyond, with thousands already arrested, but the government's ability to meet learners' demands is limited
As YouTube star Accurso's influence grew, she transitioned from educator to child advocate. But it only became 'controversial' when she spoke up for Palestinian kids