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The Middle East witnessed something radically new two days ago, when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia responded to a plea by Yemens president and led a 10-country coalition to intervene in the air and on the ground in the country. "Operation Decisive Storm"

Catherine Perez-Shakdam, co-founder and director of Forward Strategy, a UK consultancy company and a research fellow at the American Center for Levant Studies (ACLS), spoke to an August 28th Middle East Forum Webinar (video) in an interview with

The offices of the Kurdistan National Congress (Kongreya Neteweyî ya Kurdistanê, KNK) are located on a quiet backstreet in Brussels, Belgium. When I visited these premises in early June, the mood was gloomy. Many who operate here are Kurds from Turkey.

Sitting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan comfortably defeated opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in this weeks runoff vote in the Turkish presidential election. The AKP leader, who has ruled Turkey since 2002, secured just over 52% of the vote,

The Syrian people are enduring extreme suffering while Bashar al-Assads regime thrives. Since the civil war began in 2011, over 500,000 Syrians have been killed and 12 million displaced, out of a prewar population of 21 million. The economic and social

The profound brutality that Syrian President Bashar Assad exhibited toward demonstrators during the 12 years since the eruption of the Arab Spring led him to be shunned by most of his Arab neighbors. Arab efforts to reintegrate Assads Syria back into

On March 10th, the geopolitical reality of the Middle East changed overnight. Years of U.S. dominance in regional affairs, and U.S.-led efforts to isolate Iran and bring Israel and Arab countries closer, suddenly turned the page as Chinese, Saudi, and

The Middle East has long been known for its constantly shifting geopolitical sands. Throughout modern history, many of the major leaders of the region have looked to see which side is gaining the upper hand globally and have acted accordingly. It is

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabias request that the United States provide the Sunni Gulf country with ironclad security guarantees and civilian nuclear aid in exchange for normalizing relations with Israel is casting a new light on Washingtons ability to