Explore the Houthis' rise in Yemen, Saudi Arabia's policies, the unintended effects of UN diplomacy and Iran's influence on maritime security.

Iran's IRGC-led war strategy echoes Imperial Japan, as US airstrikes, naval blockades and tensions in Hormuz reshape the ...

Strategic communication from the United States remains unidirectional and follows a top-down approach. The official social media accounts of the POTUS, Donald Trump, and the White House deliver state ...

Manara Magazine’s forthcoming issue will highlight the ongoing policymaking challenges that countries most affected by climate change in the Middle East and North Africa face, as well as analyse case ...

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For Iraq, the fallout from the U.S.-Iran war is no longer limited to missiles, burning ships, or fears over the Strait of Hormuz, because it is now threatening something far more sensitive inside the ...

While Sunnis account for roughly 85 percent of the Muslim population around the Islamic world, they constitute a minority in Iran where Shias make up the absolute majority of the country’s population.

In May 2000, when Israeli forces were about to withdraw from Lebanon after nearly two decades, this author was serving as the intelligence officer of IDF Central Command, focusing on the threats and ...

When it was discovered that two Emirati citizens were among the 19 hijackers involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the country’s leadership was deeply concerned.[i] Affiliates of Islamist terrorist ...

Israel’s air defence network[x] includes the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, the Arrow systems, and the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD). The THAAD system – deployed by the U.S. – operates ...

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa lack any legislative framework to allow legal gender recognition (LGR) for their transgender populations. This legislative vacuum has forced transgender ...