Joseph Hincks

Middle East Correspondent for TIME

Recent Articles

The Coronavirus Is Prompting Middle East Regimes to Release Prisoners. But Journalists and Activists Remain Behind Bars

In a bid to reduce the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks, at least four countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have commuted jail terms or temporarily released prisoners

By Joseph Hincks / Istanbul

Jailed Iranian Activist Begins Hunger Strike

Jailed Iranian human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh has announced she is going on a hunger strike to demand the release of political prisoners in Iran, a move taken amid fears that inmates’ safety could be...

By Joseph Hincks

Why Iran Is Struggling to Contain Its Coronavirus Outbreak

Iran's overwhelmed health system is already finding echoes around the world

By Tara Kangarlou and Joseph Hincks

Can a Third Election Break Israel’s Political Deadlock?

Israelis are about to vote in an unprecedented third election in less than a year

By Joseph Hincks

Syrian Refugees Have Nowhere Left to Hide

Syrian-British humanitarian worker Mohannad Othman faces a stark choice. It occupies his mind as he drives his two children to Arabic language classes in the Turkish border city of Gaziantep, where he has lived for...

By Joseph Hincks / Gaziantep

Inside the 'Crazy Project' Dividing Erdogan’s Turkey

The largest infrastructure project Turkey has ever undertaken is angering environmentalists, opposition politicians and potentially Moscow

By Joseph Hincks / Sazlibosna, Turkey

Middle East Responds to Trump's Peace Plan

Turkey's foreign minister described it as "stillborn"

By Joseph Hincks

Trump Called His Middle East Peace Plan a 'Win Win.' Palestinians Disagree

It’s been three years in the making. But on Tuesday, the Trump Administration’s proposal to bring a solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict finally came to light. The White House’s 80-page plan calls for the...

By Joseph Hincks

Trump Is Finally Presenting His Middle East 'Peace Plan.' Here's What We Know So Far

It’s been three years in the making. But the Trump Administration’s proposal to bring peace to the Middle East, a purported solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is about to see the light of day.Israel’s...

By Joseph Hincks

World Powers Pledged to Stop Interfering in Libya. Will They?

At a Jan. 19 summit in Berlin, a dozen countries promised to stem interference in Libya, the North African nation that has been a battleground for competing factions and the foreign governments that back them....

By Joseph Hincks

Why Iran's Regime Is Facing Renewed Protests After the Ukraine Airlines Plane Crash

It took three days for Iran to admit the truth. Hours after it launched missiles at bases in Iraq that house U.S. troops on Jan. 8, a Ukraine International Airlines passenger jet bound for Kyiv...

By Joseph Hincks

What Will Iran Do Next After Retaliatory Missile Strike?

Iran launched a barrage of missiles at two military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq early Wednesday morning local time, in an operation a top diplomat in Tehran said “concluded” Tehran’s retaliation after the U.S....

By Joseph Hincks

'I Never Wanted to Be a Dissident.' A Gay Saudi Journalist Seeking Asylum in Australia Speaks Out After Being Detained

Two gay Saudi Arabian journalists are seeking asylum in Australia after facing death threats and a police summons

By Joseph Hincks

Why Protesters Are Boycotting Algeria's Elections

All five candidates are men over 50 with ties to the former government

By Joseph Hincks

What to Know About Israel's Political Deadlock

Neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor Benny Gantz has been able to form a government

By Joseph Hincks

What to Know about the U.S.' New Israeli Settlements Policy

The move is likely to further inflame tensions in the region

By Joseph Hincks

What to Know About the New Leader of ISIS

Days after President Trump announced the death of the self-proclaimed leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, during a U.S. special forces operation in northwest Syria on Oct. 26, the terror group has named its new...

By Joseph Hincks

New App Offers Virtual Tours of the Palestinian Territories

An Israeli visa is not required

By Joseph Hincks

Yezidis in Iraq and Syria Fear Fresh Persecution After Turkey's Offensive

Five years after the ISIS slaughter of Yezidis pushed the U.S. to enter Syria, the long-persecuted minority is again feeling vulnerable

By Joseph Hincks

Can the U.N. Handle Another Humanitarian Crisis in Syria?

Turkey’s ongoing incursion into northeast Syria, which began Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced the surprise withdrawal of U.S. troops from the northern border area, has already become a humanitarian crisis.The fighting has forced more...

By Joseph Hincks / Gaziantep
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