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For Algerian activists, journalists and human rights defenders, physical borders no longer offer any sanctuary.
What the Collapse of the Assad Regime Means for Israel
The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria marks a transformative shift in the Middle East. Israel sees both significant...
Syrians Are Finally Free From the Prison of the Assad Regime
Bashar al-Assad will forever be remembered as the man who mercilessly crushed his own people for daring to protest against...
Assad's Road to Moscow
Syrians for the first time in more than half a century have a shot at dignity, prosperity and freedom.
The End of Assad's Kingdom of Fear in Syria
While Syrians lived in fear and silence, the Assad regime was afraid of its own people—of their pens and papers,...
Is Saudi Arabia Serious About Joining the BRICS?
Saudi Arabia may be second-guessing a geostrategic alignment with Russia—and by extension, ever joining the BRICS at all.
Syrians Still Want to Be Rid of Assad and His Foreign Backers
Anybody who knew Syria knew that the regime was widely hated, that it had utterly destroyed the Syrian economy, and...
Who's Afraid of Political Cartoons?
Cartoonists suffer no more especially than anyone else, but as the work of cartoonists across the Middle East shows, they...
On Yahia Lababidi's 'Palestine Wail' and the Poetry of Free Expression
Without freedom of expression, there would be no poems, no language, no words—and no new worlds.
Redefining a U.S. Path in Yemen
What Yemen really needs is a strategy beyond rival power plays—a call for genuine partnership in the pursuit of peace...
What Trump's Return Means for the Middle East: A Democracy in Exile Roundtable
DAWN's non-resident fellows take stock of how Donald Trump's reelection will reverberate in the Middle East.
Making Sense of a U.S.-Saudi Security Pact
Donald Trump's reelection has reignited Saudi hopes that a sweeping security deal could be had with a more transactional president.
