Jordan’s controversial new cybercrime law, now ratified by the king, may have serious consequences for freedom of expression, political participation, and the digital economy.
While justified as economically infeasible, the exclusion of Kurdistan from a new Iraqi infrastructure plan is a purely political move.
Climate change is an existential concern for countries across the Middle East and North Africa. Yet as governments invest in climate mitigation and adaptation, the specific impacts of a warming climate on women are often overlooked.
The end of meetings in the Kazakh capital offers an opportunity to reevaluate the forum and assess its relevance for the future of the Syrian conflict.
Recent public opinion surveys offer an opportunity to reevaluate youth political engagement across the region, a decade after the 2011 Arab Uprisings and waves of subsequent protest movements.
Since the defeat of ISIS forces at Al-Baghouz in 2019, five factors have stymied the group’s revival in Syria and Iraq.
In the wake of Erdogan’s electoral victory, Türkiye will continue to deepen ties with the Tripoli government, but may also seek reconciliation with Benghazi.
While the Turkish president will continue to renew relations with countries across the Middle East, the possibility of a Türkiye-Syria rapprochement may depend on Iran’s involvement.
Arab public opinion is shifting on the topic of great power competition in the Middle East, with implications for the future of the region.
This will likely be Erdogan’s last term, as his electoral alliance is not large enough to hold a constitutional referendum to extend presidential term limits.
This article discusses Hamas’s motives for avoiding involvement in the recent military confrontation between Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Israel in the Gaza Strip.
Household labor has become popular content in a region where the distribution of such tasks is among the world’s most inequitable.
While the current refugee-hostile climate is fueled by an economic crisis, devaluation of the local currency, institutional collapse, and presidential deadlock, the security response to Syrian refugees is anything but new.
Riyadh’s biggest takeaways from the China-brokered deal with Iran are decreased military tensions and political independence from Washington.
While the devastating earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey in February 2023 caused entire cities to shut down, it also accelerated Syria’s reintegration into the Arab world.
The earthquakes were an unquestionable crisis and horrific tragedy, yet Türkiye’s recent border emergency is only the latest in a long line of similar emergencies, which have dramatically reconfigured sociopolitical space.
Israeli practices in the West Bank have threatened Palestinian schools, but students are determined to learn.
Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank is imperiling the viability of a two-state solution and destroying any chance for peace in the Middle East.
The upcoming Turkish presidential election will have serious but uncertain consequences for the security and humanitarian situation in northwestern Syria.
Unexpectedly, Hezbollah, which has a long history of rejecting all direct negotiations with Israel, declared the recent demarcation agreement a historic victory for the Lebanese state.