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Islamic State has destroyed globally-significant sites in Iraq and Syria, but not as wanton acts of destruction. Instead, they are calculated political and religious attacks.
For-profit corporations are deeply embedded in US national security infrastructure – and they’re not going anywhere.
Already one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian disasters, the situation in Yemen is only getting worse.
We asked an expert on diplomacy and foreign policy.
In the Middle East, tens of millions of young people have few opportunities – and plenty to be angry about.
As 1,300 prisoners went on strike for improved conditions, a wave of solidarity protests spread across the Palestinian Territories.
Of all the places for a jihadist militant group to operate, it would be hard to find a more conducive country than Libya.
A linguistics scholar explains why the loss of Arabic in Israel would be a loss of history, culture and possibly human rights.
Between an electorate hungry for change and a powerful hardline elite, Hassan Rouhani has his work cut out for him.
Trump avoided many of the missteps his critics feared, but he failed to acknowledge the presence of America’s large Muslim population and its contribution to American society.
Handing over censorship to authors and writers themselves may actually make it harsher.
The election TV debates have shown the candidates to be out of touch.
Here’s how we can make families work better for women in the 21st century.
Rules imposed after 9/11 and still on the books are getting in the way of delivering aid to conflict zones. In countries like Yemen and Syria, it could mean the difference between life and death.
A case study from the height of the Crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries illustrates that even the most brutal leaders can choose to compromise for stability.
For many centuries, Syrian society has included people of many faiths – Sunni and Shi'i Muslims, Christians and Druze. This past is important to know to understand the present.
America’s relations with Russia and China are now mired in angst, uncertainty and mutual suspicion.
To understand the complexities of the conflict in Syria and what might happen next, it helps to untangle the three layers of strife in the war-torn country.
The West’s chosen solution to the Syrian conflict demands action that it’s unwilling to take.
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