List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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GettyImages-633539584 (1)crop 59 Ways to Kill a Russian Reset
All it takes is a few dozen Tomahawk missiles and a lecture on human rights.
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xi trump Syria Strikes Overshadow Trump Summit With Xi Jinping
Few details emerge from the two-day meeting, which was interrupted by U.S. strikes in Syria.
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A U.S. Tomahawk missile flies toward Syria on April 7, 2017. (Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) What’s Next After the Syria Strike — Preventing a Wider Conflagration
Now that the United States has taken action, it should take steps to prevent wider escalation.
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US President Donald Trump departs after delivering a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 6, 2017. Trump ordered a massive military strike against a Syria Thursday in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack they blame on President Bashar al-Assad. A US official said 59 precision guided missiles hit Shayrat Airfield in Syria, where Washington believes Tuesday's deadly attack was launched. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) 3 Questions Trump Must Answer After His Syria Strike
Whether the president achieves success in Syria will depend on what comes next, not on what happened Thursday.
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TAJI, IRAQ - APRIL 12: U.S. Army trainers watch as an Iraqi recruit fires at a military base on April 12, 2015 in Taji, Iraq. U.S. forces, currently operating in 5 large bases throught the country, are training thousands of Iraqi Army combat troops, trying to rebuild a force they had origninally trained before the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq in 2010. Members of the U.S. Army's 5-73 CAV, 3BCT, 82nd Airborne Division are teaching members of the newly-formed 15th Division of the Iraqi Army, as the Iraqi government launches offensives to try to recover territory lost to ISIS last year. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Tom Friedman Is Calling for a Partition of Syria. Trump Should Run the Other Way.
You’d think by now the New York Times columnist would have learned that putting U.S. boots on the ground in the Middle East doesn’t end well.
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170407-N-FQ994-135 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 7, 2017) USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile April 7, 2017. USS Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/Released) War with Syria?: A Best Defense primer
None of the options are good, I am sure Defense Secretary James Mattis told President Trump at their meeting in Palm Beach.
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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017. Trump ordered a massive military strike against a Syria Thursday in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack they blame on President Bashar al-Assad. A US official said 59 precision guided missiles hit Shayrat Airfield in Syria, where Washington believes Tuesday's deadly attack was launched. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Is Trump’s Bold Syria Strike a Dangerous Miscalculation?
The president enforced the U.S. red line on chemical weapons, but this could all turn out very badly.
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mad vlad Kremlin Likens Trump Syria Strike to Iraq Invasion
Russian Foreign Ministry says strike decided on ahead of chemical attack.
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170407-N-FQ994-031 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 7, 2017) USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile April 7, 2017. USS Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/Released) SitRep: Trump’s War; Russia Angry Over U.S. Strike In Syria; Russian Frigate Headed For Syria
Footage Of Damaged Airfield Emerges; What Does It Mean For U.S. Troops On The Ground?; Moscow To Improve Syrian Air Defenses; And Lots More
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY RIAD ABOU AWAD Palestinians watch an episode of the Syrian TV drama series "Bab al-Hara" at a cafe in Arab east Jerusalem, after breaking their fast on August 25, 2009. Arabic television is counting on an explosion of Ramadan serials to restore losses from the global recession, but some concerned Muslims are scrambling to pull the faithful back to prayer during the holy month. AFP PHOTO /AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images) Can Good Television Beat the Islamic State?
How a Saudi television network — with a hand from Hollywood showrunners — is countering the narrative of terrorist propaganda.
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AAAtomahawk Trump Turns on Assad, Strikes Air Base With Flurry of Cruise Missiles
In a stark reversal, the White House authorizes strikes on Syrian regime targets after Tuesday’s use of chemical weapons.
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 05: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and King Abdullah II (L) of Jordan participate in a joint news conference at the Rose Garden of the White House April 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump held talks on Middle East peace process and other bilateral issues with King Abdullah II. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) What ‘Something’ Should Trump Make ‘Happen’ in Syria?
The president's instinct is always to punch back — and now he has created an expectation that he will do so.
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AAAusaf After Chemical Weapons Attack, Trump Weighs Strikes on Assad Regime
From mocking Obama’s "red lines" to drawing "a lot" of his own, Trump embraces a wider U.S. role in the six-year civil war.
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US President Donald Trump (L) and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi walk from the Oval Office to a luncheon after a meeting at the White House April 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) Sisi’s Meeting With Trump Was a Success
Egypt needs a boost in both military and economic assistance, not a cutback
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britney crop Israeli Election Postponed for Britney Spears Concert (No, Seriously)
Democracy can wait. "Oops!... I Did It Again" cannot.
