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Nariman El-Mofty / AP The Leaders Who Aspire Only to Hold On to Power
Nobody is trying to restore Yemen to what it once was.
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Qassem Al-Kaabi / AFP / Getty Photos: Sandstorms Sweep Across Parts of the Middle East
A series of sandstorms has sent thousands to hospitals with breathing problems, and caused the closure of airports, schools, and government offices.
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Getty; The Atlantic Iran Feels Cornered by the Biden Administration
As nuclear talks resume, Iran is feeling both insecure and uncompromising—a dangerous combination.
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Getty; The Atlantic Erdoğan’s War on Truth
In 2016, the Turkish government falsely accused me of planning a coup. Five years later, these charges are still upending my life.
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Alex Majoli / Magnum America Played Into Al-Qaeda’s Hands
U.S. influence has been systematically dismantled across much of the Muslim world, a process abetted by Washington’s own mistakes.
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Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu Agency / Getty How America Can Win the Middle East
Beijing’s forays in the region present Washington with a test—and an opportunity.
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Pete Marovich / Getty; Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu … The Iran Nuclear Deal Isn’t the Problem. Iran Is.
If and when a return to the agreement is reached, the Biden administration will also need to counter Iran’s escalating efforts in the Middle East.
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Atta Kenare / AFP / Getty; The Atlantic Iran Stops Pretending
The rigged “election” of Ebrahim Raisi as Iran’s next president has the potential to be a turning point for the country. But its significance will be fully understood only in hindsight.
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Ed Kashi / VII / Redux When Justice Is Out of Reach
Accountability is a long way off for Bashar al-Assad. But the world can still preserve the memories of what has happened in Syria.
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MOHAMMED ABED / AFP / Getty No One Is Coming to Help the Palestinians
The competition for influence between Iran and Saudi Arabia has for decades affected the prospects for peace.
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Qusay Dawud / AFP / Getty Photos: Violence Explodes Across Israel and Gaza
Following weeks of escalating tensions, militants in the Gaza Strip began firing rockets into Israel, and Israeli forces have conducted air strikes in Gaza in response.
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Getty / Mark Harris / The Atlantic ‘We Want a Nation’
A new generation of protesters has taken lessons from the Arab world’s failed uprisings of a decade prior.
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CARLOS BARRIA / AFP / GETTY How to Win the Cold War With Iran
The Islamic Republic needs America as an enemy. America needs a strategy.
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U.S. Embassy Switzerland / AP The Princeton Historian Mugged by Reality
Since being freed from Iranian detention, Xiyue Wang has been unrelenting in his criticism of the authoritarian country—and some American elites’ attempt at rapprochement.
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BULENT KILIC / AFP / Getty Murderers Should Be Called Murderers
Frequently and to their faces
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Franck Fife / AFP / Getty Photos From the 2021 Dakar Rally
Some of the scenes from this year’s 14-day, 4,751-mile race through Saudi Arabia
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Tia Dufour / White House / Anadolu Agency … Iran and the Palestinians Lose Out in the Abraham Accords
From authoritarian leaders to White House aides to the Palestinians, tallying the winners and losers
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Culture Club / Getty / The Atlantic Why the UAE Made Peace With Israel
WhatsApp diplomacy seems to have worked for the Trump administration.
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STR / AFP / Getty Lebanon’s Tragedy Is All Too Familiar
Americans know what it’s like to suffer the consequences of negligent government.
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AFP / Getty The Aftermath of the Beirut Explosion
Images of the widespread damage in Beirut, a day after the devastating blast
