Increasing incidents of violence have swept across Iraq in recent weeks and Reuters reports that "tensions are at their highest in Iraq since U.S. troops pulled out more than a year ago." Bombings on Monday and Wednesday ...

Iraq will hold Governorate Council Elections in 12 of its 18 provinces on Saturday despite increased violence and a wave of assassinations. On Monday, approximately 20 separate attacks across the country killed nearly 50 and wounded more than 200. In recent months, ...

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) visited Libya on Thursday for the fifth time since the country's revolution. He met with Prime Minister Ali Zidane, the ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Defense, and Justice, and the president of Libya's General National ...

In a piece for Foreign Policy, David Gartenstein-Ross urges the U.S. and the international community to press Tunisian officials to prosecute vigilantes responsible for acts of violence , obstruction of justice and threats to freedom of expression throughout the ...

In Yemen on Wednesday two suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed Colonel Abdullah al-Mushki, a high-ranking security official. "The interior ministry said that 40 members of the security forces and four civilians were killed in 2012 in ...

The United States Institute of Peace released a report entitled "Middle East in 2013: Promise and (Lots of) Peril," written by Robin Wright and Garrett Nada. The report examines the state of the uprisings in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen, as well as the potential ...

On December 11, U.S. President Barack Obama announced the U.S. now officially recognizes the Syrian Opposition Coalition as “the legitimate representative of the Syrian people." Deputy Secretary of State William Burns restated the position while attending the “Friends of ...

According to U.S. officials, “the Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting orders from President Bashar Assad.” As of the report there was no evidence that nerve agents had been fully 

On November 18, 200 regional politicians as well representatives from Russia and China held a “Syrian National Dialogue” conference in Tehran to discuss an end to violence in Syria. Iran’s foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, warned that arming the ...

Last night's foreign policy debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney focused on numerous Middle East foreign policy issues, including Libya, Syria, Israel, Iran, and the U.S. approach to the Arab Spring. Both contenders agreed ...

Photo Credit: Reuters Following mass protests, Libyan President Mohamed al-Magarief ordered any militia that does not fall under the government’s authority to disband within 48 hours, an action praised by Secretary Hillary Clinton. The militias ...

Yesterday organizers of the Printemps des Art Fair in La Marsa, Tunisia refused to take down a contemporary art exhibit that some found offensive, prompting angry exchanges between artists and their supporters and members of the public who wanted ...

According to reports, Yemen's restive northern Houthi rebels "have agreed to take part in a serious dialogue... to resolve the country's problems and achieve the objectives of the popular revolution," the official Saba news agency reported. Rebel chief ...

On Wednesday, the World Bank came to an agreement with Yemen totaling $61 million to fund the Labor Intensive Public Works Project. “Citizens need to see their government deliver services and this project is rightly focused on marginalized and ...

Following Monday's suicide attack at a military parade drill in Sana'a, the "Friends of Yemen" gathered in Riyadh to provide political and financial support for Yemen. The coalition is co-sponsored by Britain, Saudi Arabia and Yemen with 27 countries and multiple ...

A suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform killed at least 101 soldiers at the central security headquarters in Yemen during a military parade rehearsal in Sabeen Square in Sanaa. The BBC reported that a source had confirmed al Qaeda ...