List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is Iraq’s Most Important Battle in Baghdad?
Just as the United States gains momentum against the Islamic State, Baghdad’s government is paralyzed by protesters demanding wholesale reform.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Joe Biden Didn’t Lose Iraq
The veep may have poor timing, but when it comes to Iraq, he's the only one in the Obama administration trying to save it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How I Became Another Victim of Erdogan’s Press Crackdown
I used to think I couldn’t be affected by Turkey’s shrinking press freedom. I just discovered how wrong I was.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Iraq Hanging By a Thread; Kunduz Fallout Spreads
FP on the plane; U.S. and India swap sub tech to counter China; Fat Leonard claims another Navy officer; and lots more
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The War Between the Islamic State’s Enemies
Thousands of Yazidis have been saved from the jihadi group, but are now victims of infighting among Kurdish militias and the Iraqi government.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Protesters Storm Green Zone in Baghdad
For the first time, Baghdad's Green Zone has been breached by protesters.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Who Will Rule Mosul?
The operation to recapture the Iraqi city from the Islamic State has turned into a high-stakes political contest for power. And the shooting hasn’t even started.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 State Department Denies Abandoning Aleppo in Russian Ceasefire Deal
The United States denied Friday that it was neglecting besieged Syrians in the city of Aleppo after Russian media reports disclosed a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that excluded the partially rebel-held city.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Syrian Peace Talks End Amid Fresh Wave of Violence
A sharp escalation in violence in Syria, punctuated by an overnight airstrike on a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Aleppo, has given way to a grim reality: The cease-fire between the government and rebel forces has collapsed and peace talks to resolve the five-year civil war are at a standstill.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 One of Aleppo’s Last Pediatricians Killed in Airstrike on MSF-Supported Hospital
The latest deadly airstrike to hit a Médecins Sans Frontières clinic killed at least 17 in Aleppo, workers say.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Terrorists Have Drones Now. Thanks, Obama.
86 countries have drones, 19 of them armed. Now ISIS wants them too. Is it too late to stop the unmanned arms race?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Congress Presses on South China Sea; Commandos Kill Dozens of ISIS Leaders
Trump gonna Trump; Syria stalemate; Chinese CopBots; and lots more