In the Land of Cain and Abel

Sunni and Shia have lived in peace in Bahrain for centuries. But since the 2011 uprising, tensions between the two groups have divided the country.

Analysis: Two years after Bahrainis rose up in support of a constitutional government, the monarchy has proven resilient.

Analysis: The late dictator played up religious and ethnic division at every turn. More than six years after his death, surging Sunni-Shia violence is a bloody consequence.

After 10 years of engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan, has the US learned anything?

Syria’s nonviolent uprising — which devolved into civil war — helped cause a chain reaction in Lebanon, Egypt, Yemen and Iraq, argues Lebanese scholar Chibli Mallat.