Middle East and North Africa

Chef Omar has popularized Damascene cuisine online and in his Istanbul restaurant. But is he linked to the Assad regime?

Washington has been making a series of bad assumptions that trace back 30 years.

If Biden can avoid the temptation to be a warrior defending allies abroad, he might have a better chance at winning his battles at home.

This time, Israel must heed Theodor Meron’s warning.

It’s time to ditch both romantic ideals of remaking the region and the policy of retrenchment.

A new history offers a sharp but limited critique.

How Albert Einstein, a Brooklyn dentist, and pre-World War II Chinese leaders tried to create a Jewish homeland in Yunnan.

Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another major attack against Israel, the U.S. president said.

Washington seems to keep moving the goalposts—but it isn’t bringing stability in either conflict, or electoral benefits at home.

As Iran gears up for elections to replace Raisi, the country is divided.

Syria’s president was welcomed back into the fold a year ago—and everything since then has gotten worse.

For the sake of the international order, Biden must abandon his proposed deal with Riyadh.

Aid workers fear a new disaster as militia forces close in on a major Darfur city.

The president’s death has shocked a political system that was designed to survive.

Sovereignty would serve America’s interests—and Israel’s.