BY REESE ERLICH TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's decision to sign the Vienna nuclear agreement has opened up a wide...
Sep 24, 2015
Why Iranian youth are endorsing the nuclear agreement
TEHRAN, Iran — Medical students hang out in front of the University of Tehran one stifling summer day,...
Sep 08, 2015
The struggle for power in Yemen continues, and Qatar is playing a key role
BY REESE ERLICH DOHA, Qatar — Mohammad Siraj pumps a car jack at a makeshift curbside car repair shop...
Aug 14, 2015
Mitigating Sunni-Shia conflict in ‘the world’s most charming police state’
BY REESE ERLICH MUSCAT, Oman — Vendors call out as they sell sweet snacks, clothing and jewelry in the...
Aug 04, 2015
Syria’s minority Christians under threat from extremist Muslim rebels
BY REESE ERLICH DAMASCUS — The Arab Spring has turned very wintry for many Christians in the Middle...
Dec 25, 2013
Assad’s divide-and-conquer strategy proving effective against Syrian rebels
BY REESE ERLICH DAMASCUS — Syria’s US-backed rebels are steadily losing ground to extremist Islamist groups, dealing a...
Dec 18, 2013
It’s Salafist vs. Salafist in Syria’s civil war
BY REESE ERLICH DAMASCUS — Some extremist Sunni clerics help foment sectarian violence in Syria, one indication of...
Dec 18, 2013
What it means to call the bombing of Iran’s embassy in Beirut ‘sectarian violence’
BY REESE ERLICH BEIRUT — In the aftermath of the horrific twin bombings of the Iranian Embassy here,...
Nov 21, 2013
Do Lebanon’s Taif Accords offer lessons for Syrian peace?
BY REESE ERLICH BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian peace has proven illusory, and simply getting the opposing sides to...
Aug 02, 2013
Iranians say US sanctions hit wrong target
BY REESE ERLICH TEHRAN — The election of moderate presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani has raised hopes here of...
Jul 26, 2013
Algiers Accords bind US to non-interference in Iran — and are always forgotten
BY REESE ERLICHTEHRAN — Hassan Rouhani spoke about the Algiers Accords in his first press conference as president...
Jul 26, 2013
