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January 26, 2009

Israel
Mitchell’s Prospects for Lasting Israeli-Palestinian Accord ’Slim to None’

  Aaron David Miller, a former top U.S. Mideast negotiator, says that naming George J. Mitchell as the new special envoy for Arab-Israeli issue shows the Obama administration is substituting "proces…

December 4, 2014

Middle East and North Africa
Israel’s Election Timing

Israel will have an election next year on March 17. (St. Patrick’s Day is not widely celebrated there.) Given the usual weeks needed to assemble a coalition, a new government will be formed only in …

September 26, 2014

United States
This Week: ISIS struck in Syria and Iraq as the Middle East takes center stage at the UN

Significant Developments Syria. The United States conducted its first ever military strikes against ISIS in Syria this week, targeting primarily oil refineries and infrastructure used for command an…

A pair of U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles fly over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes in Syria, in this U.S. Air Force handout photo taken early in the morning of September 23, 2014 (Matthew Bruch/Courtesy Reuters).

April 21, 2011

Pakistan
Pakistan Update

Experts discuss the strains on the relationship between the United States and Pakistan, including the Raymond Davis case.

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June 18, 2007

Palestinian Territories
Cordesman: Gaza Isolated But Hamas Not Easily Contained

Anthony H. Cordesman, an expert on Middle East strategic issues, says Hamas’ seizure of Gaza raises broader Middle East questions about al-Qaeda and Hezbollah in Lebanon.