List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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syria1 The United States Is Getting Dragged Into the Fight for Syria’s South
America's allies find themselves trapped between the Islamic State and pro-Assad militias -- and the only thing keeping them safe is U.S. airstrikes.
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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) SitRep: BREAKING: ISIS Claims Deadly Tehran Attacks; Qatar Fallout; U.S. Bombs Iranian Militias
Pentagon Drops Chinese Military Report; Canada Walks Away From Trumpism
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A fighter of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, looks with binoculars as he sits next to anti-tank weapons in the village of Sabah al-Khayr on the northern outskirts of Deir Ezzor as they drive to encircle the Islamic State (IS) group bastion of Raqa on February 21, 2017. The SDF made a major incursion into the oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor as part of their push for Raqa, field commander Dejwar Khabat said. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Bombs Iranian Militia in Syria, As Fight For Raqqa Begins
Iran and U.S. edge closer to direct conflict in proxy fight in Syria.
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US President Donald Trump (C-L), Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (C-R), Jordan's King Abdullah II (3-R), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (2-R) and other officials pose for a group photo during the Arab Islamic American Summit at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) America’s Arab Allies Should Work Together to Stop Iranian Cyberattacks
Instead of a comprehensive solution to the region’s security threats, the Trump administration should narrow its focus.
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DOHA, QATAR - APRIL 21: U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis (C) is greeted by military dignitaries as he arrives at Al Udeid Air Base on April 21, 2017 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images) SitRep: Battle for Raqqa Begins; Gulf Allies Split; Germany Pulls Fighters From Turkey
How to Burn a Source; NATO Grows
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yemenaqap One Yemeni Governor Wants Trump to Know: You’re Fighting al Qaeda All Wrong
It's local forces and economic assistance that will defeat jihadism, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Saeed bin Bourek says, not drone strikes.
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GettyImages-500317972 Will Qatar’s Diplomatic Exile Spark the Next Great War?
The Sunni Gulf powers have long been spoiling for a fight with Iran. This could be just the excuse they need.
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Arab soldiers surrender to Israeli soldiers 13 June 1967 in the occupied territory of the West Bank. On 05 June 1967, Israel launched preemptive attacks against Egypt and Syria. In just six days, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and the Sinai peninsula of Egypt, the Golan Heights of Syria, and the West Bank and Arab sector of East Jerusalem (both under Jordanian rule), thereby giving the conflict the name of the Six-Day War. / AFP / PIERRE GUILLAUD (Photo credit should read PIERRE GUILLAUD/AFP/Getty Images) The Arab World Has Never Recovered From the Loss of 1967
Fifty years after the Six-Day War, the intellectualism that once lit up the Middle East has been all but extinguished by corrupt regimes and perverse religiosity.
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 7: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivers remarks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council concerning the situation in Syria, at UN headquarters, April 7, 2017 in New York City. On Thursday night, the United States launched airstrikes directed at Syrian government air bases in response to the chemical attack earlier in the week. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Nikki Haley Should Help Fix the U.N. Human Rights Council, Not Abandon It
Sure, it’s not perfect. But if the Trump administration pulls out altogether, the abusers of the world win.
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qatar Why Did Several Arab Countries Suddenly Cut Ties With Qatar?
On the heels of Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, that country and others cut Gulf ties.
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mbs Can Saudi Arabia’s Young Prince Wean the Welfare State?
The ambitious plan to remake the Saudi economy is the brainchild of Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. But does he have what it takes to upend his country?
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrive to attend a press conferece after their talks in Moscow on April 12, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after complaining of worsening ties with Donald Trump's administration as the two sides spar over Syria. Putin received Tillerson at the Kremlin along with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after the top diplomats held several hours of talks dominated by the fallout of an alleged chemical attack in Syria. / AFP PHOTO / Alexander NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images) Senators Push For Russia Sanctions While White House Conducts ‘Review’
Lawmakers from both parties want to ratchet up pressure on Moscow but the White House is studying whether existing sanctions are working.
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Images of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah are seen among scores of Hezbollah and Lebanese national flags being waved by Hezbollah supporters during a ceremony to mark first anniversary of the war with Israel, 14 August 2007. Nasrallah reiterated to a mass rally broadcast live on television that his Shiite group had won a divine victory. "Today is the anniversary of the divine victory," Nasrallah told the thousands of men, women and children who had gathered in an empty lot of Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh controlled by Hezbollah. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images) Lebanese Lawmakers Lobbied U.S. Officials to Soften Hezbollah Sanctions
Washington is putting the squeeze on Hezbollah. Lebanon says that could crush its economy.
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hezb1 If Trump Wants a Fight in the Middle East, Iran Will Give Him One
Don't expect moderates like Hassan Rouhani to constrain the Islamic Republic's powerful regional proxies.
