Category: Middle East & North Africa
36 Articles
- Middle East & North Africa
Rebuilding Syria in Türkyie’s Image
After a 14-year civil war, the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria in December 2024 marked the collapse of a long-standing regional power dynamic and the emergence of…
November 29, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
Report: At Georgetown, B’Tselem Outlines Evidence of Genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group argues that the October 7 Hamas attacks triggered a shift in state policy from repression to “destruction and annihilation,” calling the present…
November 26, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
Are Turkey and Israel on a Collision Course?
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has triggered two opposing sets of interests between Turkey and Israel. As a result, speculation is growing that Turkish-Israeli relations…
November 26, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
Syria After Assad: A Nation on Edge
Known formerly by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, militant-turned-statesman Ahmed al-Sharaa now presides over a fractured Syria struggling to define its future. His…
November 23, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
Iranian Regime Survival Through Currency Reform
Since 2023, Iran’s proxy network—the country’s primary forward defense strategy—has significantly declined through consistent Israeli campaigns. This degradation…
November 15, 2025
- Intelligence & National Security
- Middle East & North Africa
Precision and Peril: The Strategy and Consequences of Targeted Killings
When a U.S. drone strike killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad in January 2020, it propelled the practice of targeted killings into the global…
August 29, 2025
- Defense
- Middle East & North Africa
Intercepting Trouble: It’s Past Time for Integrated Air and Missile Defense in the Gulf
Although Iran coordinated its June 23 attack on a U.S. base in Qatar with Qatari and U.S. officials, and no one was killed, the event underscored two old truths about America’s…
July 16, 2025
- Environment and Biosecurity
- Middle East & North Africa
Captivated by Narcotics: How Captagon Undermines Syria’s Reconstruction Efforts
On December 8, 2024, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Islamist militant group, captured Damascus after an eleven-day offensive against the incumbent regime. Former leader Bashar al…
June 24, 2025
- Gender, Identity, and Security
- Middle East & North Africa
They Who Have Seen Hell: The Forgotten Child Soldiers of the Yazidi Genocide
In August 2014, the Islamic State (ISIS) unleashed a genocidal assault on the Yazidi community of Sinjar in northern Iraq. ISIS massacred Yazidi men and captured…
May 21, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
- Race & Security
A Dangerous Echo of Iraq’s Past: Syria’s Minorities in a Post‑Assad Era
As Syria emerges from the shadow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the country faces a critical crossroads. The country’s transitional phase since December 2024 has become…
April 28, 2025