List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Look at the U.S. Rockets About to Rock ISIS in Mosul
Precision-guided rockets and artillery have been hitting ISIS fighters for months -- and Washington says there's more on the way.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Build a Media Industry from Scratch
From telenovelas to Sesame Street, 2013 Global Thinkers Noura al Kaabi and Saad Mohseni debate the importance of cultural imports in a localized entertainment industry.
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Kushner_image1 Fear This Man
To spies, David Vincenzetti is a salesman. To tyrants, he is a savior. How the Italian mogul built a hacking empire.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Democrat’s Latest Pro-Israel Appeal Draws Friendly Fire
Ever since his vote last September for the Iran nuclear deal, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) has bent over backwards to demonstrate his fervent support for the state of Israel through a variety of press releases, public speeches, personal meetings with Israeli leaders, and direct overtures to pro-Israel lobbyists.
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President John F. Kennedy and Israel Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion get together for a talk at the Waldorf Towers. (Photo By: Walter Kelleher/NY Daily News via Getty Images) How the Israelis Hoodwinked JFK on Going Nuclear
Newly declassified documents reveal how David Ben-Gurion’s mumbles and a trick sightseeing tour helped Israeli officials pull the wool over Washington’s eyes on the real purpose of the Dimona reactor.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Saudi Blocks U.N. on Yemen; Pentagon to Tip Moscow on U.S. Commandos in Syria
Pentagon to tell Moscow where its commandos in Syria are; Japan intercepts record number of Chinese planes; North Korea readies another missile; and lots more
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Inside Saudi Arabia’s Push to Silence Criticism of Its Brutal War in Yemen
Behind the scenes at the U.N., Riyadh and its friends are blocking resolutions and killing human rights investigations.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia Plans to Break Its ‘Addiction’ to Oil
Riyadh has an ambitious plan to transform and diversify its oil-dependent economy. Saudi Arabia’s new leadership desperately needs it to work.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Situation Report: More U.S. Troops Headed to Syria
Obama announces 250 more troops are on their way to Syria.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ISIS Is Using Chemical Weapons Against the Kurds. Why Won’t the U.S. Help?
With ISIS launching chemical attacks, Kurdish leaders in Iraq have issued an appeal to the West for gas masks. But they are still waiting for the gear.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Is Not the Time for an Independent Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurds have enough problems. Breaking away from Baghdad would just make things worse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.N. Envoy Revises Syria Death Toll to 400,000
A senior United Nations official said Friday that the five-year civil war in Syria has killed 400,000 people, a staggering figure that underscores the war’s carnage -- and is far higher than the previous U.N. toll of 250,000 calculated a year and a half ago.
