Middle East & North Africa

Your daily dose of MENA affairs.


Our News' Middle East and North Africa section covers the day-to-day international affairs reportage of the Muslim world, stretching from Morocco to Iran; of the world's greatest energy exporting region; of 33 different nations and their respective governments. All of this is possible through fast, innovative and decentralized journalism, enabling us to connect professional and amateur writers alike with a vast and global audience.





Julian McBride

As the conflict between Syria's new interim government and the country's Kurdish militias comes to an apparent close, how did Ankara and Damascus corner the SDF? During the Syrian Civil…

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Hamid Bohloli

Saudi Arabia is becoming the Middle East’s central stabilising actor, embedding itself into the region and US' security and economic architecture, not as a client but as an indispensable structural…

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Monim Benaissa

This article sheds light on the regional and international implications of the Pakistan–Saudi Arabia Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have maintained close bilateral relations since the 1940s.…

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Jonathan Burden

Jonathan Burden

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