Michael Slackman

Our international editor introduces Promises Made, a new series that investigates whether those in power did what they said they would.

Journals have long been a way for The Times’s foreign correspondents to bring readers with them as they explore a distant land. But they have needed a reboot, our international editor writes.

The Arab Spring uprisings showed hard-line Islamists who had embraced violence a peaceful path to change.

The sudden turn from humor points to a sense of revolution fatigue that has swept over a nation where people had hoped for overnight change.

President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday offered no concessions to ease the grip on public life exercised by his authoritarian regime.

The resignation came ahead of a speech President Bashar al-Assad is expected to give to the nation on Wednesday that may offer other concessions.

The most serious challenge in two decades to 40 years of repressive rule by the Assad family erupted in violence when soldiers opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.

The Muslim Brotherhood, once banned, is now a tacit partner with the military government that many fear will thwart changes.

In the fight for influence between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the United States may end up the loser.

The movement for change in the Arab world is not necessarily over, but it has run up against dictators willing to use lethal force to preserve their power.