Middle East
Dispatch from Cairo: Egypt's president is under attack from all sides
Posted on February 22, 2013, at 9:30 AMGoodbye, consensus. Hello, violence
Did politics prevent President Obama from arming Syria's rebels?
Posted on February 8, 2013, at 12:05 PMTop members of Obama's national security team urged him to provide more support to the opposition — but to no avail
Did Iran fake its space monkey mission?
Posted on February 1, 2013, at 3:34 PMNew images suggest the monkey that left is not the same one that returned
Dispatch from Cairo: Egypt on the brink
Posted on February 1, 2013, at 8:37 AMAs violence spreads across the country, the government faces grim choices
Israel's strike on the Syria-Lebanon border: 3 repercussions
Posted on January 30, 2013, at 4:10 PMThe attack reportedly targeted trucks carrying missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Could this widen Syria's war?
Is Egypt headed for another revolution?
Posted on January 29, 2013, at 11:07 AMPresident Mohamed Morsi faces his biggest challenge yet as violent protests spread in the days following the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak
Dispatch from Cairo: Will Egypt let Hosni Mubarak off the hook?
Posted on January 17, 2013, at 9:00 AMThe ousted despot gets a retrial — disappointing people across all walks of Egyptian life
Should Obama withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan?
Posted on January 9, 2013, at 10:40 AMAmerica was supposed to leave behind a force several thousand strong to help Afghans provide security after 2014. But now...
Syria's deepening humanitarian crisis: By the numbers
Posted on January 9, 2013, at 7:18 AMBetween the civil war, winter weather, and global indifference, Syria is rapidly sliding toward disaster
'Palestine': What a new name means for the West Bank and Gaza
Posted on January 8, 2013, at 2:50 PMThe Palestinian Authority has given itself a new name — the State of Palestine. Is this a step toward making recognition at the U.N. a reality?
D.B. Grady: How American inaction is killing Syrians
Posted on January 2, 2013, at 8:40 AM45,000 Syrians are dead. And all Western leaders do is talk
Dispatch from Cairo: Is Egypt ready for a return to normalcy?
Posted on December 28, 2012, at 8:15 AMIslamist President Mohamed Morsi succeeded in getting his new constitution passed by popular vote. But will the secular opposition back down?
Is Bashar al-Assad nearly finished?
Posted on December 17, 2012, at 3:00 PMThe Syrian president's army fights on, but his allies appear to be preparing for the end of his reign
D.B. Grady: Syria's PR campaign failed — and so did America's policy
Posted on December 14, 2012, at 11:50 AMBashar al-Assad is on his last legs, but his campaign to crush the rebellion in Syria got a boost from Washington's astonishingly weak stance
Has Bashar al-Assad lost control of Syria?
Posted on December 13, 2012, at 3:08 PMRussia is the embattled Syrian president's closest and most important ally, yet leaders in Moscow are conceding that he may be doomed
Can Egypt's opposition defeat Morsi's constitutional referendum?
Posted on December 12, 2012, at 2:31 PMSecularists, liberals, and Mubarak-era re-treads are joining forces against Morsi and his fellow Islamists. Do they stand a chance?
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