List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Pushes Back Against Republican Rhetoric in State of the Union
Obama took on Trump and other GOP presidential candidates but conspicuously sidestepped weaknesses in his own foreign policy legacy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran Captures 10 U.S. Sailors as Tensions Spike
The American sailors will likely remain in custody while President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech Tuesday.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turns Out Putin May Not Help Push Assad Out of Power After All
The former U.S. ambassador to Syria believes Moscow’s military intervention on Assad’s behalf will slow, not accelerate, movement toward a potential peace deal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turns Out Getting to Lebanon Doesn’t Mean Syrian Refugees Are Safe
Lebanon's residency rules are paving the way for the abuse and exploitation of those fleeing Syria's civil war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Failed Command
How will history remember the president's mark on America's wars?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turkish Authorities: Islamic State Responsible for Istanbul Suicide Attack
A suicide explosion killed and injured tourists and Turks in Istanbul Tuesday. Officials say a Syrian was responsible.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The FP Guide to Obama’s Last State of the Union Address
Look for Obama to appeal for tolerance toward Syrian refugees and tout his diplomacy with Iran and Cuba as he tries to frame his foreign-policy record.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 2015, in Hindsight
The great migrant crisis, the Latin American Left, and Putin’s power plays: What else will the world remember about last year?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Last Temptation of Barack Obama and John Kerry
Despite all sense and reason, the president and his secretary of state will have one more go at Middle East peace.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sunnis vs. Shiites, Abadi vs. Maliki, Kurds vs. Everyone
Iraq's military fight against the Islamic State is on the way to victory. Now comes the hard part.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The IPO to End All IPOs?
Oil is at its lowest price in a decade. So why is Saudi Arabia selling off part of its trillion-dollar oil company?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Russia Bombs Offices of American NGO in Syria, Says Group
The Russian military is coming under fresh criticism that it bombed a humanitarian field office Saturday in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib. The claim, by an American advocacy organization, follows previous reports that Russia’s bombing campaign continues to hit territory controlled by Syrian rebel groups not linked to the Islamic State -- the ostensible target of Moscow’s months-long military intervention.
