Why is the Arab world perpetually at war with itself? Why does it spawn so many extremist groups? Why has it been trapped in cycles of violence and instability for decades?

Gregory D. Koblentz is Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and ...

Anne Alexander answers your questions on the the fall of the Assad regime, its implications for the Middle East and ...

India converts a number of project loans to grants, agrees to expedite energy, connectivity and digital cooperation after ...

A damaged portrait of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad lies on the ground in the western Syrian port city of Latakia.

All that one can safely say at this stage about the impact of the Arab Spring phenomenon is that it has shown a harsh mirror ...

The family stashed away its wealth over half a century of despotic rule. Human-rights lawyers are leading efforts to find the ...

How did Damascus fall this fast? Perhaps three factors hold the explanation: Syrian state’s fragility, gradual fragmentation ...

Since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, the oil-rich Gulf state has intervened in conflicts from Yemen to Libya, partly  in ...