A deal with the Middle East’s two most significant powers could transform the volatile region, but the stakes are high.

As Covid-19 threatens some of the world’s most vulnerable, power plays continue in northern Africa and Saudi Arabia.

Mohamed Morsi was blind to the certainty that Egypt’s military will not tolerate challenges to its ultimate authority.

<p>A marathon journey dodging traffic jams and distracted taxi drivers, all to get a&nbsp;feel for the Middle East.</p>

The regime has unabashedly claimed that what is up is down and what is black is white.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi looks to balance Cario’s economic weakness with military prowess.

Sinai's precarious security situation can be expected to become an even greater threat.

The structural underpinnings that allowed for the emergence and growth of violent jihadists in Egypt are the result of decades of official and unofficial discriminatory policies against Copts.

Economic reform and terrorism - not human rights - will be on the agenda when Trump meets Sisi in DC.

The country is facing its worst economic and financial crisis in decades.