Middle East and North Africa

Time to play the money card in Syria

Despite understandable hesitation, European leaders should increase stabilisation support for Syria, and accept that assistance can no longer be tied to an unattainable transition

Six problems with Trump’s anti-ISIS strategy

The emerging picture is of an administration single-mindedly focused on inflicting military defeats, at the expense of the more complicated political dimensions needed to underpin sustainable solutions

Libya, the time to avoid escalation is now

The alternative is the resumption of fighting at the levels of summer 2014, which led to the establishment of ISIS in the country

Has Netanyahu really won?

Losing the cover of the two state solution could pose serious problems for Benyamin Netanyahu