List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will Islamist Blowback Derail Russia’s Gambit in Syria?
Putin’s air war in Syria has been cost-free. But that could change if extremists carry out their threats to target Russia.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cholera Is Coming
An outbreak of the deadly disease is sweeping across Iraq. But El Niño, climate change, and Middle Eastern instability could make the crisis much bigger.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Erdogan’s Big Night
The Turkish president's party defied the polls, guaranteeing its political dominance for years to come.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Putin’s Muslim Nightmare
The Russian president’s intervention in Syria is driven by fear of Islamic extremism among his country’s own Muslim minority. But rather than squelching the threat, it’s poised to make it worse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Whose Lives Matter?
When refugees die on Europe’s borders, the West wants to act, but when Assad rains barrel bombs on Homs, no one cares.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Disaster Could Sink Egyptian Tourism, Push Putin Deeper Into Syria
The Egypt air disaster has implications for Egyptian tourism and the fight against the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Putin and Politics Are Behind Obama’s Decision to Send Troops to Syria
When military moves seem too small to make a difference, there's usually another reason for them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Foreign Ministers Agree to Kickstart Syrian Peace Talks
The United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other countries meeting in Vienna for the first time fell short Friday of reaching an agreement on a political transition in Syria. But they did agree to meet again, and offered broad support for a United Nations-led diplomatic process designed to set the conditions for ending the disastrous Syrian civil war, now in its fifth year.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Blood On the Ballot
As Turkey heads to parliamentary elections on Sunday, the country’s Kurdish heartland is hoping to defeat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the ballot box — even as some young Kurds say a guerrilla war is their only hope against the government.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Mapping the Deaths of Iranian Officers Across Syria
This map shows where ranking Iranian officers have fallen in battles across Syria.
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