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Traces of the 1979 assault on the Grand Mosque still roil the Middle East today

Muslim pilgrims gather at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on August 7, 2019, prior to the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city.

Return to the northeast: Syrian Army deployments against Turkish forces

Syrian government soldiers climb up a wooden pole with a Syrian government national flag while deploying for the first time in the eastern countryside of the city of Qamishli in the northeastern Hasakah province on November 5, 2019.

Why Doha should worry: The case for an Iran-Qatar non-aggression pact

Westbay as seen from the corniche on 20 October 2018 after heavy rainfall, Doha, Qatar.

Neil DeVotta

Neil DeVotta

Speaking Across Mountains: Kurdish Artists in Dialogue

Setting the Middle Corridor on track

China Railway Express crosses Istanbul's sub-sea tunnel, Marmaray (the railway system linking the eastern and western sides of Istanbul from under the Marmara Sea) in Istanbul, Turkey on November 7, 2019. The first freight train from China crossed to Europe using Marmaray.

Iran, Russia and the Caucasus

Tearing down the walls of vested interests in the Middle East and North Africa

The sun sets behind the urban skyline as port cranes and shipping containers sit in an industrial transport area in Beirut, Lebanon, on 11 October 2019.

Iran protests take aim at the regime

Iranian protesters gather around a burning motorcycle during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the central city of Isfahan, on November 16, 2019.

Political fragmentation a major challenge as Tunisia’s Ennahda tries to form a government

Leader of Nahda Movement Rachid al-Ghannouchi attends the first session and oath-taking ceremony of the Tunisian parliament after Tunisia's Supreme Election Council announced results of the parliamentary elections in Tunis, Tunisia on November 13, 2019.

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