List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saving Syria at the 11th Hour
In lieu of a clear commitment to stopping the violence, the Obama administration has settled for limited intervention without a clear strategy. Can the United States still make a difference?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Big-Power Meddling Casts Shadow Over Cease-Fire in Syria
The cease-fire announced on Monday could fall prey to a familiar problem: Who's a terrorist in Syria, and who's not?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Turkey, Don’t Even Insult Erdogan in Your Own Home
A Turkish man filed a legal complaint against her wife for insulting Erdogan inside their home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Israel Is Beginning to Eat Its Own
An unrelenting wave of Palestinian violence has Israeli leaders at each other’s throats — and it’s going to get even uglier.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 One Reason Egyptian Mass Trials Are a Bad Idea: Four-Year-Olds Get Life in Prison
A four-year-old's sentencing in Egypt has shed light on the country's controversial mass trials.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 High Noon in Iraq’s Wild West
The Islamic State is finally being forced out of the country, but anarchy is taking over.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why the U.S. Strike in Libya Wasn’t Just About Libya
Washington was also trying to protect Tunisia — and help keep the Arab Spring’s only success story from going off the rails.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet the Obscure Kurdish Fighters Taking Responsibility for the Ankara Bombing
These obscure Kurdish fighters just took responsibility for this week's Ankara bombing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 With No Explanation for Arrest, Turkey Frees Journalist Documenting Syria’s Horrors
Turkish authorities have released Rami Jarrah, a Syrian journalist based in Gaziantep, but have not yet provided a reason for his arrest.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Problem With John Kerry’s Trip to Hollywood
Wrong movie, wrong focus group, wrong century.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Safety First in Syria
It’s time for the West to focus on building safe zones for the victims of Assad’s civil war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How the Kurds Became Syria’s New Power Brokers
And why Erdogan's war against them threatens to undermine his relationship with the United States and spark a civil war in Turkey.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Peace Is Bad Politics
Not that long ago, Turkey's ruling party was willing to talk peace with the Kurds. But voters had other ideas.
