Rebecca Collard
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Lebanon's Saad Hariri Has Resigned. But Protesters Still Aren't Content
Lebanon Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned on Tuesday. Here's how protesters responded on the ground — and what happens next. → Read More
Protests in Lebanon Are Entering Their Sixth Day. See How the Extraordinary Revolt Is Unfolding
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Lebanon to revolt against the country's leaders. Here's what to know about the protests. → Read More
War With Iran Might Be More Costly Than Trump Thinks
Iran is out-gunned by the U.S. but has a network of allies and proxies that could make American interests pay → Read More
With One Tweet, Trump May Have Given Assad a Path to Victory in Syria
With the U.S. troops leaving Syria, thousands of Kurds wonder what will happen to them now that their ally is gone. → Read More
The End Is Near for Haider al-Abadi, Iraq's U.S.-Friendly Leader
Violent protests in the southern city of Basra have dashed the prime minister's hopes of a second term → Read More
Is medical marijuana the antidote to Lebanon's trade deficit?
The Lebanese government is milling a controversial idea: Taking over the illicit cannabis trade and developing a medicinal marijuana industry to help the country’s struggling economy. → Read More
Idlib Could Be the Last Major Battlefield of the Syrian Civil War. But Assad Won’t Take It Easily
For years, Idlib has been the dumping ground for Syria’s defeated rebel. As the government retook areas like Aleppo... → Read More
Young Syrian men don’t just fear the war, they fear being forced to join it
Men between 18 and 42 are forced to serve in Syria’s army. After years of living in exile, some are willing to return to be home again. → Read More
He Helped Iraq’s Most Famous Refugee Escape ISIS. Now He’s the One Who Needs Help
Omar Jabar's story shines a light on the cruel randomness of refugee policies. → Read More
Objects from Palestine are now enshrined at a makeshift museum in this Beirut refugee camp
In the Shatila camp in Beirut, there's a tiny museum crammed with hundreds of items that Palestinians brought with them when they fled what is now Israel. → Read More
Syria Responds to U.S.-Led Attacks With Bravado
A Syrian army spokesperson said the rockets were "effectively blocked," despite the Pentagon saying that more than 100 rockets hit targets → Read More
Trump Warns Missiles 'Will Be Coming' in Syria. It's Not Clear What That Will Achieve
Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council Resolution Tuesday calling for a new inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in Syria. → Read More
How Jordan's particle accelerator is bringing together Middle East enemies
“Of course we have echoes of what’s happening in the region, but when you put scientists together, they tend to talk about science.” → Read More
The War in Syria Has Entered a Dangerous New Phase
After seven years of war that has killed as many as 400,000 people, the conflict in Syria is no longer about the future of Bashar al-Assad. → Read More
Fury Grows in Lebanon as Saad Hariri Stays in Saudi Arabia
If one thing is uniting Lebanon, it's anger at Saad Hariri's perceived "abduction" by Saudi Arabia after his resignation on Nov. 4 → Read More
Kurds Feel Twice Betrayed as Iraqi Forces Take Disputed Kirkuk
The Kurds have lost control of Kirkuk, Iraq’s most contested city — and many feel betrayed as Iraq takes over → Read More
The Iraqi City Set to Implode if the Kurds Vote for Independence
Tension are high in the hotly contested Iraqi city ahead of the Kurdish independence referendum on September 25 → Read More
'We Have to Support These People.' Malala Yousafzai Visits Iraq to Meet Girls Who Lived Under ISIS
The Pakistani-born activist met with girls in a camp for displaced people outside Mosul, on the day she turned 20 → Read More
What's Next for Mosul After It Was Liberated From ISIS
Rebuilding Mosul will be expensive, but rebuilding trust among Iraqis will be even more difficult, locals said → Read More
'One Airbase Is Not Enough.' Syrians Opposed to Assad Welcome Strike, But Hope for More
Trump's air strike on a Syrian air field has been welcomed by some anti-Assad Syrians, but say one air strike is not enough. → Read More