This decision, made quietly, cautiously, and with the best of intentions, reshaped the fate of a nation and the entire region.

Hussein was raised by his mother, her second husband Ibrahim al-Hassan and her brother Khairallah Talfah. Hussein’s first wife, Sajida, was his first cousin, the daughter of his maternal uncle ...

During my first trip to Iran in 1996, I visited Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s tomb, a palatial complex abutting a Behesht-e Zahra Iran-Iraq War cemetery about 14 miles south of Tehran. Like many ...