This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Of Mecca and Mammon” ...

The poet says that while censorship in a dictatorship is nothing new, the same in a democracy feels like entering a new totalitarianism ...

Noor Humair ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...

The risk is that the anti-Israel “axis of resistance” from Iran could be replaced by a new pro-Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood alliance led by Turkey’s president.

NATO is tracking a Russian military convoy that left Syria and is heading towards Gibraltar. Analysts from the Institute for ...

Over 2,400 Tunisian nationals are believed to have joined extremist groups in Syria, and their potential return is a growing ...

Hussaini, also known as the Aga Khan, died on Tuesday, February 4, aged 88. A colossally wealthy philanthropist, he was also ...

We echo the sentiments expressed in the IFCN’s open statement: An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later. It is critical to acknowledge the vital role that ...

Rather than permitting us to return to nearby Sicily, the Italian Coast Guard orders us to the port of Crotone to disembark ...

As Russia teeters on the brink of economic collapse, the ripple effects will be felt far beyond Moscow. For the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a region deeply intertwined with Russia through ...

Political opponents of Tunisia's populist president are facing lengthy prison sentences after a court found them guilty of ...