Policy Analysis

With influential billionaire Aziz Akhannouch announced as the new head of government, the former Moroccan prime minister and his party—the PJD—are grappling with a significant loss of power.

The SDF has made remarkable progress in its anti-IS operations while Assad’s forces have stagnated, but the coalition and its local partners must still prepare for a renewed terrorist threat on their exposed southern flank.

Algeria’s new elections law threatens to derail progress on women’s participation in country politics and leadership.

The Russian/Chinese-led bloc is expected to approve Iran’s accession this week amid uncertainty over President Raisi’s foreign posture and ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan.

Hossein Moanes, a senior Kataib Hezbollah member is now leading a newly-established political movement which competes over votes of supporters of the muqawama with other Iran-backed militias in the upcoming elections.

Two drones were intercepted in an attack that Sabereen News dedicated to “remind(ing) the Americans of the Sep 11 attacks”.

The international community needs to pay more attention to developments in Najaf, where Sistani-backed groups are forcefully pushing back against Iran but still face the longer-term question of who will continue his message.

The welcome visit indicates that Egypt-Israel ties can thrive post-Netanyahu, potentially expanding from the security domain to economic and civil affairs.

As Washington recalibrates its costly strategy against violent extremists, its goal should be to reduce terrorism to a low-level threat that law enforcement can handle.

Although Biden may not see Russia as his top priority, Moscow’s proxy military activities in the Mediterranean are directly aimed at diluting Washington’s leverage in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

Even as Lebanon struggles with basic necessities, the country will need to explore radical reforms in education and other sectors if it is ever to break out of the cycle of repeated collapse.

As Iraq’s electoral coalitions campaign for parliament spots, old alliances and political players are likely to prevent the elections from leading to major changes in Iraq’s political sphere.

A footnote in one decade of jihadist history can become a major mobilizer for terrorists and foreign fighters in subsequent years, and few cases illustrate this problem better than the Tunisian operatives involved in the 2001 murder of an Afghan rebel leader.

New polling data reveals generational consensus and only slight sectarian discord among Bahrainis.

Despite vaccination campaigns, the spiking caseloads present severe threats to Moroccans' health and the country's economy.

Given ongoing environmental concerns over energy cooperation, the chances that the two partners will fully realize their commercial potential are still up in the air.

Badr is the wellspring of many of today's muqawama armed groups and still operates under the indirect and sometimes direct control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

To avoid the worst outcomes, Washington needs to assiduously enforce any deals with the new Afghan leadership, cooperate effectively with other world powers, and explain to a domestic audience how the withdrawal will facilitate a focus on different priorities.

Washington could have used the agency’s financial straits as an opportunity to prevent misuse of funds, compel textbook revisions, and identify individuals on its rolls who actually meet the UNHCR definition of a refugee.

An Iraqi offshoot of the Islamic Radio and Television Union which functions as an umbrella media organization providing support to Iraqi "resistance" media outlets.