List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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US soldiers patrol near the site of a US bombing during an operation against Islamic State (IS) militants in the Achin district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on April 15, 2017. Afghan authorities April 15 reported a jump in fatalities from the American military's largest non-nuclear bomb, declaring some 90 Islamic State fighters dead, as US-led forces conducted clean-up operations over their mountain hideouts. Dubbed the "Mother Of All Bombs", the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast was unleashed in combat for the first time April 12, hitting IS positions in a remote area of eastern Nangarhar province. / AFP PHOTO / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA (Photo credit should read NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Another Week at War — U.S. Convoy Hit in Afghanistan; U.S. Losses; New Somalia Strike
Qatar Update; North Korea Financing; Cyber Spies Struggling With ISIS Fight
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US President Donald Trump (R) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Administration Tries to Salvage Gulf Relations, Contra Trump
The Pentagon, State Department, and White House all struggled to get their story straight on the Qatar crisis.
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Iraqi soldiers display a captured flag of the Islamic State in the Hamam al-Alil area, about 14 kilometres from the southern outskirts of Mosul, on November 7, 2016 after recapturing it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists during the ongoing operation to retake Mosul. Iraqi forces retook a key town from the Islamic State group, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) Germany Just Nabbed the Islamic State’s ‘Europe Correspondent’
A Syrian man allegedly cultivated sources and fact-checked reports on behalf of an ISIS-linked newswire.
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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump (C) makes his way to board Air Force One in Riyadh as he head with the First Lady to Israel on May 22, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Making the Middle East Worse, Trump-Style
American presidents have generally been pretty good at botching things in the Middle East, but this one is winning at it.
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AAAF15 SitRep: U.S. and Iran Trade Shots in Syria; Qatar Blockade Continues; ISIS Slaughtering Civilians in Mosul
Trump’s $110 Billion Saudi Deal; Hezbollah Operatives Arrested in U.S.
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An Iranian man holds a local newspaper displaying a portrait of Donald Trump a day after his election as the new US president, in the capital Tehran, on November 10, 2016. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on November 9 there was "no possibility" of its nuclear deal with world powers being overturned by US president-elect Donald Trump despite his threat to rip it up. / AFP / ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) By Rubbing Salt in Iran’s Wounds, Trump Accomplished Nothing
Nuance and dignity aren't in the president's diplomatic playbook.
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US troops sit atop an armoured vehicle on a road near the northern Syrian village of Ain Issa on June 3, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Iranian-Backed Militias Employ Drone Against U.S. Forces in Syria
American troops are engaging in a widening war with Iranian proxies in Syria.
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aly and aj Al Jazeera Media Network Hit by Massive Hack
Is this the latest in a series of unfortunate events in Gulf state relations?
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US President Donald Trump (C) and Saudi's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (C-R) pose for a picture with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Comey Day; Threats, Troops on the Move Across Middle East; North Korea Fires Up
Hezbollah Warns U.S. in Syria; Senate Works to Block Saudi Arms Sale; Germany Heading to Jordan
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Smoke billows following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on an army arms depot, now under Shiite Huthi rebel control on May 22, 2015 east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. The Saudi-led coalition has waged an air campaign against the Huthis since March 26 in an effort to restore the authority of Hadi, who has fled to Riyadh with members of his government. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) Saudi Arms Sale Hits Possible Senate Roadblock
Some lawmakers are fed up with Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign in Yemen and oppose plans to sell Riyadh more U.S.-made munitions.
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kurds Kurds Finally Set Date for Independence Referendum
The September vote will at the very least serve as a negotiating chip with Baghdad, sure to fight the departure of the oil-rich province.
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An undercover Iranian policeman (L) holds a weapon outside the Iranian parliament in the capital Tehran on June 7, 2017 during an attack on the complex. The Islamic State group claimed its first attacks in Iran as gunmen and suicide bombers killed at least five people in twin assaults on parliament and the tomb of the country's revolutionary founder in Tehran. / AFP PHOTO / FARS NEWS / Omid VAHABZADEH (Photo credit should read OMID VAHABZADEH/AFP/Getty Images) What the Islamic State Wants in Attacking Iran
With a spectacular and bloody assault in central Tehran, the Sunni jihadi group is fanning the flames of a sectarian war.
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US President Donald Trump (C) is welcomed by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (3rd-R) upon arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on May 20, 2017, followed by First Lady Melania Trump (2nd-R). / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Did Russian Hackers Create Qatar’s Diplomatic Disaster?
U.S. investigators think Moscow planted fake news to start a fight, and have been on the ground in Doha.
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TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 7: A child is lowered from a window in the Iranian parliament building following an attack on June 7, 2017 in Tehran, Iran. An assault on the parliament building is now reportedly over following hours of audible gunfire. (Photo by Omid Vahabzadeh/Getty Images) Islamic State Attacks in Iran Leave 12 Dead, Over 40 Injured
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack likely to deepen the rifts in a region already reeling from a divisive week.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 05: Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in Islington on July 5, 2016 in London, England. Mr Corbyn has said he will remain as leader of Labour despite a string of shadow cabinet resignations and a motion of no confidence being passed by MPs in the party. Former shadow business secretary Angela Eagle has indicated she will run against Mr Corbyn as Labour Party leader unless he steps down. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) Voting for Jeremy Corbyn Isn’t Just Dumb. It’s Dangerous.
British voters already pulled the lever for Brexit. Will they elect a terrorist-loving, Jew-baiting, NATO-hater as prime minister next?
