List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dear Obama, Assad Is the Problem
By refusing to address his fate, the United States is dooming the current round of peace talks to failure.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Female Jihadi: Men Should ‘Get Off Their Couches’ and Kill
A female Islamic State recruiter urged men to stop talking about jihad and start carrying it out.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 State Dept. Denies U.S. and Iran Are Looking to Establish Direct Flights
The statement comes after reports in the Iranian press that talks were underway to establish nonstop flights.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.N. Sets New Date for Syria Peace Talks as Rebels Threaten Boycott
Peace talks to end the nearly five-year civil war in Syria have been delayed due to a “stalemate” over who will represent the country’s divided opposition, according to the top U.N. envoy who is charged with brokering a settlement.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Mapped: The Refugee Crisis in the Aegean Sea
Record numbers of refugees have died in the first few weeks of 2016.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Egypt’s Silent Anniversary
An unprecedented crackdown has the country’s liberal activists reconsidering everything.
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schlomo_SW_V1 A Tale of the Pure at Heart
In 2014, Lev Tahor arrived in Guatemala, the latest stop in a 20-year international journey. The ultra-conservative jewish sect cries that it is escaping religious persecution. But to those left behind—in Israel, New York, and Canada—the group is a dangerous cult ducking accusations of brainwashing, abuse, and child marriage
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Davos Q&A: Cheap Oil ‘Another Straw on the Camel’s Back’ for Struggling Emerging Markets
PwC's chairman on why CEOs fear the Islamic State and how cheap oil will transform the Middle East.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Mounts Last-Ditch Effort to Save Syria Talks as Turks Threaten Boycott
Peace negotiations face new hurdle as Syrian opposition groups — and their powerful backers — battle over who should attend the talks.
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A visitor looks at a painting showing former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, by Dmitry Vrubel and Viktoria Timofeyeva painters in the Marat Guelman gallery in Moscow, 23 May 2007. Britain is preparing an extradition warrant for a KGB agent over the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, officials said Wednesday, but remained tightlipped over the diplomatic fallout. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA (Photo credit should read NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Could an Entire French Generation Grow Up in a State of Emergency?
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned that France could stay in a state of emergency until the Islamic State is defeated.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Can 200 U.S. Commandos Actually Accomplish in Iraq?
Much less than the White House wants.
