List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s the Scariest Halloween Costume a Palestinian Might Imagine
American retailers are selling an Israel Defense Forces costume for Halloween.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 India and Israel: Conflicted Friends Look to the Future
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s historic visit to Israel this month set the momentum for greater high-level engagement between both countries but his remarks to the Israeli opposition leader brought Indian foreign policy back to 1947.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The War to Save Syria’s History
Maamoun Abdulkarim works for Bashar al-Assad’s government, but he says he serves a much higher purpose — saving his country’s culture from anyone who threatens it.
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A Saudi Airlines plane sits on the tarmac at Nice airport in southeastern France on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) Saudi Arabia’s Royal Drug Problem
A drug bust in Lebanon Monday sheds light on the royal family's struggle with drug laws.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Fight Against ISIS, Kurds Turn to Allies on K Street
Lobbyists advocate bypassing Baghdad and shipping arms directly to Peshmerga forces
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Adapting India, Accommodating United States: A Case of Iranian Sanctions
Interactions between the two governments on the Iranian issue are not an exercise of persuasion-resistance and subsequent compliance but rather are an involved bilateral process.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 With Violence Surging in Israel, Washington Retreats From New Diplomatic Push at Turtle Bay
The administration had told its allies it was ready to pressure Israel at the U.N. toward a peace deal. But the White House is now backpedaling from its threat.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 That Time Reagan Explained Away the Murder of Americans Abroad With an Analogy About Kitchen Repairs
Watching Hillary Clinton’s grueling Benghazi testimony, it’s amazing how far the United States has come in facing — and fearing — threats to national security from the Middle East.
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A man hold a placard reading "Help Europe" as Syrian and Afgan refugees attend a protest rally to demand to travel to Germany on September 2, 2015 outside the Keleti (East) railway station in Budapest. Hungarian authorities face mounting anger from thousands of migrants who are unable to board trains to western European countries after the main Budapest station was closed. AFP PHOTO / FERENC ISZA (Photo credit should read FERENC ISZA/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Defense Secretary “Absolutely Prepared” for More U.S. Ground Combat in Iraq
A day after a U.S. Delta Force soldier is killed in Iraq, Ash Carter says more combat may be on the horizon
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Clinton Transcends Committee Cynicism
The unintended consequences — and surprising insights — produced by an epic display of political theater.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The United States Has Hamstrung the U.N.’s Most Important Mission
Russia and China aren't the only countries preventing the U.N. from taking action on genocide and war crimes. But on the institution's 70th anniversary, it's time for reform.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 5 Inconvenient Truths About Israeli-Palestinian Violence
And what we can learn from the past to understand the latest bloodshed.
