In Syria’s border regions, changes in demographics, economics, and security mean that an inter-Syrian peace process will require consensus among main regional powers that Syria must remain united, that no one side can be victorious, and that perennial instability threatens the region.

Efforts to amend the 1959 Personal Status Law are another attempt to create a parallel authority to that of the state.

Despite Baghdad’s expansionary spending, citizens in the country’s oil-rich south continue to protest. Government reforms need to recognize the interconnectedness of the country’s economic, climatic, and security conundrums.

In an interview, Lynn Zovighian describes how the Yezidi community continues to face profound uncertainty and insecurity. 

When U.S. Patriots shot down an Iranian missile over Erbil on April 15, Kurds wondered why such defenses weren’t activated when they were attacked.

In an interview, author Steve Coll discusses his latest book on the quarter-century minuet between the United States and the late Iraqi leader.