When Libyan representatives gather in Tunisia on Monday to begin charting a political future of their war-torn country, they will be restrained by a remarkable precondition: A seat at the table requires giving up personal ambition. The participants, including both the...

The massive explosion that rocked Beirut on Aug. 4 was felt some 160 miles away in Cyprus. It killed at least 180 people, wounded 6,000, and displaced another 300,000. Beyond the human toll, the city itself is devastated, with large swathes of the capital destroyed and...

For nearly three months, massive protests have rocked Lebanon. Demonstrators have given voice to economic and political grievances, but this has not yet translated into structural or institutional change. The country, left without a government for three...

“Our main objective in this current environment of liberation is to prevent revenge acts of violence,” says Osama Gharizi, Middle East program manager for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), an architect of the Tikrit and other reconciliation efforts.

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Announcement of the agreed Peaceful Coexistence Principles between the tribes of Southwest KirkukReliefwebThe initiative, supported by USIP, involved facilitated dialogues and consultations with tribal leaders and local government officials from Kirkuk and Southwest Kirkuk to have a better understanding for the main challenges and opportunities to ...and more »

With no wider framework for reconciliation, Osama Gharizi, the regional program manager at the United States Institute of Peace, has been working at the grass-roots level across Iraq...

US and Iraqi experts discuss opportunities and achieve peace, stability and dialogue in the areas liberated from the control of Daesh.