Giorgio Cafiero

By raising sectarian temperatures throughout the Middle East, the Saudis risk escalating the unaffordable proxy wars they’ve already bogged themselves down in.

To hear Saudi leaders tell it, the kingdom is under constant threat from Iran. But graver threats of their own making lurk at home.

Nearly four years after NATO-backed rebels toppled the former Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, the North Africa country has plunged into chaotic unrest.

The three-year old Syrian crisis presents dire dilemmas for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and in refugee camps across the Middle East.

Sunni Hamas and Shiite Hezbollah have apparently agreed to disagree on Syria while maintaining a strategic partnership against Israel.

The demise of secular autocratic regimes in the Middle East and North Africa has heralded a renaissance for Islamist parties in the region.

By raising sectarian temperatures throughout the Middle East, the Saudis risk escalating the unaffordable proxy wars they’ve already bogged themselves down in.

To hear Saudi leaders tell it, the kingdom is under constant threat from Iran. But graver threats of their own making lurk at home.

Nearly four years after NATO-backed rebels toppled the former Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, the North Africa country has plunged into chaotic unrest.

The three-year old Syrian crisis presents dire dilemmas for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and in refugee camps across the Middle East.

Sunni Hamas and Shiite Hezbollah have apparently agreed to disagree on Syria while maintaining a strategic partnership against Israel.

The demise of secular autocratic regimes in the Middle East and North Africa has heralded a renaissance for Islamist parties in the region.