Just over a decade ago, unrelated meltdowns by a CNBC reporter and a Tunisian street vendor set two vehicles moving in opposite directions. The vendor, Tarek al Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire, ...

When the Syrian revolution began back in 2011, the country was not alone. Syrians joined a wave of uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa. The movement started in Tunisia, with the death of ...

China’s inroads in the Middle East demonstrate how the region is still a critical front in the era of US-China competition. The pro-democracy movement marked the death knell of Arab nationalism and ...