Middle East

Syrian Spillover

An interactive map tracking the internationalization of Syria's civil war.

BY J. DANA STUSTER | APRIL 4, 2013

Jailed in Damascus

Two years after President Bashar al-Assad's regime had me arrested, there seems to be no end in sight to the bloodshed in Syria.

BY TIK ROOT | APRIL 2, 2013

Slow Apology

Why did it take so long for Israel to say sorry for the flotilla raid?

BY SUZANNE NOSSEL | MARCH 29, 2013

Been There, Done That

Let's hold the applause. Obama's trip to Israel was nothing new.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 25, 2013

Demonstration Effect

Obama shows Netanyahu and Abbas -- and their people -- how it's done.

BY WARREN BASS | MARCH 22, 2013

Why Pro Wrestling Is Perfect for the Modern Middle East

It’s safer than sex.

BY JUSTIN D. MARTIN | MARCH 22, 2013

The Jihadist from Phoenix

Eric Harroun claims to have joined up with an al Qaeda-linked group fighting in Syria’s brutal civil war. We tracked him down, but getting the truth was more difficult.

BY GREG TEPPER, ILAN BEN ZION | MARCH 22, 2013

Can Yemen Talk Its Way to Peace?

As the country's National Dialogue kicks off this week, hope is in short supply.

BY FAREA AL-MUSLIMI, LAURA KASINOF | MARCH 22, 2013

Crowdsourcing Peace

By going over the heads of Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Obama is demanding that their people step up.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH | MARCH 21, 2013

Zero Problems in a New Era

Realpolitik is no answer to the challenges posed by the Arab Spring.

BY AHMET DAVUTOGLU | MARCH 21, 2013

Nice Speech, Mr. President

Obama said all the right things in Jerusalem. Now what?

BY DANIEL LEVY | MARCH 21, 2013

What's Missing from the Iraq Debate

Iraqis.

BY MARC LYNCH | MARCH 21, 2013

Syria Is Already More Violent Than Iraq

And its destruction will define the Middle East for years to come.

BY DAVID KENNER | MARCH 20, 2013

Billion Dollar Baby

Kim Jong Un scares the Pentagon into blowing a ton of money on its failed missile defense.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | MARCH 20, 2013

Leaning Out

How the United States is abandoning Afghanistan's women.

BY AMIE FERRIS-ROTMAN | MARCH 20, 2013

A Government in Search of a Country

Can the newly appointed opposition prime minister form an interim government that Syrians can get behind?

BY JUSTIN VELA | MARCH 20, 2013

If a Tree Falls in Baghdad…

Ten years after the Iraq war, almost everything in this country -- from security to its place in the region -- is still in play.

BY JANE ARRAF | MARCH 19, 2013

The Iraq Syndrome

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 19, 2013

The First Step

Why America needs to beat itself up a little more over the Iraq War.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MARCH 19, 2013

The 10 Commandments of Visiting Israel

The old commandments helped the Israelites survive the desert. A set of new ones may help Obama survive the Israelis.

BY OREN KESSLER | MARCH 19, 2013

What Obama Must Do in Israel

It’s time to stop focusing on personalities and get down to the more important business of identifying common interests.

BY SAMUEL R. BERGER | MARCH 19, 2013

So You Want to Be a Peacemaker?

Here are 11 lessons to keep in mind if you want to have any hope of solving the Middle East's most intractable conflict.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 19, 2013

The Secret Surge Debate

Behind closed doors, a newly revealed transcript shows, the Bush administration was much more deeply divided about the way forward in Iraq than it let on in public.

BY MICHAEL R. GORDON | MARCH 18, 2013

Once Upon a Time in Baghdad

71 years before the war that nearly destroyed it.

BY MARYA HANNUN | MARCH 18, 2013

The Illogic of Iraq

Explaining one of history's most egregious strategic non sequiturs.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MARCH 18, 2013

No Books Were Cooked

Mistakes were made in the lead-up to war in Iraq ten years ago. But fabricating intelligence on weapons of mass destruction to serve policy wasn’t one of them.

BY CHARLES DUELFER | MARCH 18, 2013

Unilateral Peace

It's time for Israel to move toward a two-state solution, alone if necessary.

BY AMOS YADLIN, GILEAD SHER | MARCH 18, 2013

To COIN or Not?

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 18, 2013

Lost in the Desert

What does the Obama administration make of Egypt's Mohamed Morsy? Not much. But they've still got to figure out how to work with him.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 15, 2013