Articles
Syria: Intervention Will Only Make it Worse
The various schemes that have been proposed for a kind of tiddlywinks intervention from around the edges of the conflict—no-fly zones, bombing Damascus and so...
Modesty Concerns Prompt Qatar to Return Ancient Greek Statues of Nudes
Qatari officials were worried that the statues would upset female visitors.
Qatar Faces Backlash among Rebel Groups in Syria
(BEIRUT) -- In a war-battered suburb of Damascus, a commander for one of the smaller nationalist brigades fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad...
Iraq Suspends Al-Jazeera and 9 Iraqi TV Channels
(BAGHDAD) — Iraqi authorities suspended the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine Iraqi TV channels on Sunday after accusing them of...
The Great Wall of Qatar
The U.S. military has been routinely flying warplanes out of Qatar’s al Udied air base, just west of the Gulf state’s capital of Qatar, since 1991’s Persian Gulf...
Photo Essays
Secretary of State John Kerry’s First Overseas Trip
Three weeks after succeeding Hillary Clinton as U.S. Secretary of State, the long-time Senator and 2004 Presidential candidate left on a ten-day inaugural trip...
World Cup Stadiums: Homes of the Beautiful Game
As FIFA, soccer's governing body, awards the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively, TIME takes a look at some of the stadiums that hosted...
Time.com Specials
London 2012: 50 Olympic Athletes to Watch
From Qatar to South Africa, Russia to the U.S., TIME takes you around the globe to meet the extraordinary men and women you'll be seeing this summer at the...
The Divided World of the Middle East
While Lebanon is inflamed once more by old hatreds, elsewhere in the Middle East a new Arab world is emerging, with powerhouses like Qatar and Dubai leading the...
