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_55234492" align="alignnone" width="545"] Abdel Karim Qassem with delegates to an Afro–Asian solidarity meeting in Baghdad.[/caption]
On 8 February 1963, the Ba’ath Party of…
[caption id="attachment_55234401" align="alignnone" width="500"] Gamal Abdel Nasser[/caption]Following the overthrow of the corrupt Egyptian monarchy in 1952, a power struggle emerged between the…
[caption id="attachment_55234371" align="alignnone" width="620"] (MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]Exactly a year after the breakout of the Syrian uprising, Al-Arabiya TV did something…
[caption id="attachment_55234360" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sabri Nakhnoukh was ordered detained for prosecution after ten hours of police interrogation in Alexandria.[/caption]
When the police…
[caption id="attachment_55234346" align="alignnone" width="620"] Members of Mexico's Caravan for Peace call for an end to the Drug War at Freedom Plaza in Washington, 2011[/caption]
While in…
[caption id="attachment_55234332" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish soldiers arrive to the court building in Silivri on September 21, 2012 (Reuters)[/caption]When a Turkish court last Friday…
[caption id="attachment_55234256" align="alignnone" width="620"] Edward McMillan-Scott in Cairo [/caption]Historical perspective is a funny thing.
In common with other countries, the British…
[caption id="attachment_55234247" align="alignnone" width="600"] President Obama and Speaker John Boehner's failure to reach a spending and revenue agreement would see automatic cuts to defense…
[caption id="attachment_55234130" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egypt secularists took to the streets of Cairo last year[/caption]On the evening of September 13, Alber Saber was sitting inside the…
[caption id="attachment_55234119" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Ambassador Christopher Stevens gives a speech at the US embassy in Libya in August 2012. Source: AFP/Getty Images[/caption]
John…
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