governance

Sharaa
Syria
MENA
Live Story

No spoils of war: Syria's Sharaa lays down the law to loyalists

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has warned his officials against using their positions for illicit financial gain

Reuters
31 October, 2025
Citizens fleeing their homeland of Basra
Syria
In-depth
Live Story

A window into 'worrying' social protection in the Arab world

Aisha Aldris
21 September, 2021
Baghdad hospital fire - Getty
Iraq
Perspectives

What Baghdad hospital fire reveals about Iraq's health system

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Benjamin Isakhan

29 April, 2021
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recovery
Perspectives

The BRICs at 20

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Jim O'Neill

29 January, 2021
Mosul ruins - AFP
Syria
Perspectives

Iraq's political turmoil will ensure Islamic State's survival

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Michael Duffy

31 July, 2017
Sisi plot Anadolu
Sisi
Perspectives

Egypt under Sisi is managed like a football club

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Mohamed ElMeshad

16 September, 2016
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political Islam
Perspectives

The Crisis of Political Islam (V): What is left?

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Azmi Bishara

21 June, 2016
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political Islam
Perspectives

The crisis of political Islam, (III): Reform, violence

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Azmi Bishara

15 June, 2016