List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: U.S. Special Ops Expanding; McCain Drops $602B “Reform” Defense Bill
China report due today; fun with Russia; and lots more
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Navy Officer Sacked Over Iran Incident
The Pentagon relieved a commander who was in charge of the river boats that strayed into Iranian waters in January. It could be the first of several such punishments.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran Has More Volunteers for the Syrian War Than It Knows What to Do With
As Syrian troops sustain heavy losses, Iranian militias are ramping up their role.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hajj Closed to Iranians After Year of Discord
Tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia are set to keep tens of thousands from the anual pilgrimage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Can Iraq Keep it Together?; Ben Rhodes Making it Happen
Mosul campaign creeping along; Chinese missiles making Washington nervous; Saudi threatens to take Sanaa
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Oil Politics: Iraqi Kurdish Official Calls for Country’s Split
Kurdish officials are furious that a dysfunctional Baghdad shut down their oil production and is hamstringing their efforts to fight the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia Vows to Retake Sanaa if Peace Talks Fail
Saudi Arabia has repeatedly said the only way to resolve the year-long civil war in Yemen is through a negotiated political solution. But a Saudi general warned Wednesday that the oil-rich monarchy is prepared to launch a military offensive on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa if the current U.N.-brokered peace talks fail.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bombs Rip Through Baghdad in Grim Reminder of Islamic State’s Might
The Islamic State’s concerted terror campaign against civilians in Baghdad belies U.S. claims that the war on terror is working.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In the Event of the Islamic State’s Untimely Demise…
Even a caliphate needs a Plan B. Here's what Baghdadi's might look like.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: U.S. Tanks in Putin’s Backyard; Stealth Planes to South China Sea
Missile shield up and running; former Marine details Iranian torture; and lots more
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Defeat Extremism Without Becoming Egypt’s Microserf
As Cairo enlists Microsoft’s help in curbing terrorism, experts say the tech giant must avoid being a prop for Egypt’s crackdown on free expression.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Middle East’s New Renaissance
It’s time to let go of outmoded — and parochial — ideas about what “culture” and “civilization” in the Arab world is supposed to look like.
