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Divergent reports from the U.N. and the Israeli Defense Forces regarding 2018 confrontations on the Israel-Gaza border do little to clear up the blurry distinction between armed conflict and civil unrest.
In Sept. 2018, the first intergovernmental conference convened on a legally binding mechanism under UNCLOS related to conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity on the high seas.
After more than seven and a half years of death and destruction, the prospect of accountability for the Syrian conflict is not completely hopeless.
There have been three stalemated Syrian peace initiatives and a new surge in fighting in the last few months.
Trump gives the JCPOA a “last chance,” Turkey prepares to attack U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria and the U.N. stops short of accusing Iran of providing missiles to Yemeni rebels.
Libya's severe monetary and banking crisis, if it continues, will make peace even more elusive.
The Middle East Ticker reviews 2017's biggest news stories about the region.
The NSS illustrates the administration’s waning influence in the Middle East, Amb. Haley doubles down on recognizing Jerusalem at the United Nations, and why Saudi Arabia’s pursuit of nuclear power plants matters.
The campaign against autonomous weapons has learned a lot from the effort to ban landmines in the 1990s.
The Trump administration's withdrawal from UNESCO might not be so bad if it prevents damage to agencies that matter more.