China balances economic interests in Iraqi Kurdistan with political ties to Baghdad, prioritizing investment, energy security ...

U.S. sanctions target Iranian airlines under Operation Economic Outcast, restricting air connectivity and turning civil ...

Iraqi Kurdish leaders seek dialogue with Iran, revealing rare KDP-PUK unity on security amid political rivalries and regional ...

At its core, the Ansar Allah movement, led by the northern Houthi tribal family, emerged in opposition to the Yemeni state in Sana’a – a state that has been weakened as a consequence, in part, of ...

The Islamic Republic – historically dominated by its religious leadership – has increasingly come under military control[i] since the beginning of American and Israeli airstrikes on Iran in February ...

Manara Magazine’s forthcoming issue will highlight the ongoing policymaking challenges that countries most affected by climate change in the Middle East and North Africa face, as well as analyse case ...

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Countries in the Middle East and North Africa lack any legislative framework to allow legal gender recognition (LGR) for their transgender populations. This legislative vacuum has forced transgender ...

The joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign[i] launched on 28 th February against Iran has so far resulted in the decapitation of a significant amount of Iran’s senior political and military leadership, ...

This attack by the IRGC Navy is an outcome of a brewing political divide between the moderates and hardliners in Iran. This power struggle has greatly intensified in the wake of the U.S.-Israel war on ...