Three successive administrations have used the AUMF to justify military action in Afghanistan, across the Middle East and North Africa, and in sub-Saharan Africa. . The US invasion and occupation of Iraq was undertaken essentially on the pretext of keeping Saddam Hussein from..…

In recent years, several countries and autonomous regions in Middle East and North Africa have also introduced some form of legislation or regulation, including Algeria, Bahrain, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. ..…

In the Middle East and North Africa, four countries – Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Sudan – had laws requiring women to wear religious attire. ..…

In five of seven countries surveyed in Middle East and North Africa, at least four-in-ten or more Sunnis say Shias are not Muslims.6 Only Iraq and Lebanon do overwhelming majorities of Sunnis accept Shias as members of the same faith. ..…

Egypt, Algeria and Morocco currently have the largest Muslim populations in the Middle East-North Africa. By 2030, however, Iraq is expected to have the second-largest Muslim population in the region – exceeded only by Egypt – largely because Iraq has a higher fertility rate..…