List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Civilians in Mosul Face ‘Impossible Choice’
The Iraqi Army’s push to retake the northern city could trigger a vast humanitarian crisis and fuel the country’s deep sectarian divide.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iraq’s Elite Soldiers Have Their Sights Set on Mosul
But if they hope to defeat the Islamic State, they’re going to have to learn to work with some new allies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 America Must Prevent Iraq From Falling Apart Again
Outsiders in Iraq are advancing their own interests under the guise of fighting ISIS. Only Washington can help the country survive the chaos.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: New Fronts Around Mosul; Russian Naval Armada On The Move
Trump and Clinton and Putin; Russian Missile Games; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Doubts Emerge Over State Department Denial on Clinton Emails
The Justice Department's former privacy officer says there's no good reason why a senior U.S. diplomat would ask the FBI's deputy international operations chief about classification levels on one of Hillary Clinton’s emails.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Just Counting the Dead in Syria Won’t Bring Them Justice
A full tally of the war’s horrific violence requires estimates, models, and sophisticated pattern analysis to understand who’s responsible and why.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Human Shields and a Slowed Advance on Mosul; New Chinese Drone Spotted
Turks Want in on the Fight; Shiite Militias Holding Still; And Lots More
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(Original Caption) May 26, 1971-Jerusalem, Israel: American folk singer Bob Dylan (Right) adjusts yarmulke while visiting the Western Wall here, May 24th. Dylan is in Israel on a private visit with his wife. Even as a Christian, Bob Dylan Was a Jew
The Nobel laureate denied his history and became an evangelical – but he never stopped being a Jewish prophet in our midst.
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Life jackets and a boat that were used by refugees and migrants to cross the Aegean sea from Turkey lie abandoned on a beach on the Greek Island of Lesbos on October 8, 2015. Europe is grappling with its biggest migration challenge since World War II, with the main surge coming from civil war-torn Syria. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) Europe Wishes to Inform You That the Refugee Crisis Is Over
But the humanitarian and political crises of the great Syrian exodus are just beginning.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran Sentences Two Iranian-Americans to 10 Years in Prison
Prisoners Siamak Namazi and his 80-year-old father are bargaining chips for hardliners in Iran
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Pause in Mosul Fight as U.S. Special Ops Push; Russian Missiles in Syria Worry Pentagon
Wikileaks Craziness; Obama’s General in Court; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Liberation of Mosul Will Go Better Than You Think
But kicking out the Islamic State and keeping the peace are two very different things.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Obama’s General’ Pleads Guilty to Leaking Stuxnet Operation
Gen. James Cartwright was a favorite of the commander in chief but that couldn’t save him from the White House’s war on leakers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Troops Moving on Mosul With Iraqi, Peshmerga Allies
U.S. officials hint at wider American involvement than seen in previous battles.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Almost 50 Percent of Trump Supporters Think Russia Is Our Pal
The bromance between Trump and Putin has spilled over into the GOP nominee's supporters.
