In early December 2021, the Ethiopian government pulled off a dramatic reversal in its yearlong civil war with rebels from the Tigray region. Armed with a new arsenal of drones and other forms of ...

As rebels in Syria make new advances against government forces, Newsweek has mapped the political stances of the rest of the region. Russia in particular has been a strong military force in favor of ...

Iraqi Kurds are voting in an independence referendum that will be watched nervously throughout the region. Will a yes vote lead Kurds in Turkey, Iran, and Syria to agitate for a Greater Kurdistan, and ...