Known for avoiding politics, the man from the Nile River state insists on only one army in the country. That has set up a clash with a rival leader known as Hemedti and a delay to civilian rule.

One of the main reasons for the dispute is the civilian demand to have oversight of the military and the integration of the quasi-military RSF

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo's rise from humble Darfur origins to national prominence leaves his RSF militia in conflict with the army for full control

The current dispute over the integration of military forces is a serious threat to a final political resolution and transition to civilian rule

There is a new way for foreigners to become Egyptians, if they have enough money. It also comes with a political price for an indebted government grappling with debt

First-hand account from Syrian vice-president of the efforts, throughout 1987, to improve relations between Syrian and Iraq

Netanyahu's attempt to curb Supreme Court powers and the ensuing backlash by Israelis is a microcosm of the larger picture of Israel's inherent contradictions

How the complex Sainte-Laguë method is used to count votes and why Iraqis say its unfair

Two decades after the US invasion of Iraq, the country's economy is deteriorating on all possible fronts

The statue represents the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees who do not know if they will ever return back to their homeland