Category: Middle East & North Africa
45 Articles
- 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
- Europe & Central Asia
- Middle East & North Africa
Türkiye’s Claim for Regional Leadership: Key Takeaways from the 2025 Antalya Diplomacy Forum
The world is in shambles. Can diplomacy mend what is broken? This was the central question underpinning the fourth edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF),…
April 19, 2025