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August 22, 2013
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Alleged Syrian Chemical Weapons Use, Mubarak Leaves Prison in Egypt
Significant Developments Syria. French foreign minister Laurent Fabius called today for a forceful international response to reports that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons outside Damascus ye…
January 31, 2013
Israel
Middle East Matters This Week: Israel Strikes Syria, Egypt Seeks Unity, and Iran Upgrades Enrichment
Significant Developments Syria. Israel reportedly conducted an airstrike inside Syria on Wednesday for the first time since 2007, igniting protests from the Assad regime as well as Syria’s allies Ir…
August 15, 2013
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Somalia: Violence Against Staff Forces MSF Retreat
Doctors Without Borders announced that it is leaving Somalia. The French-founded, Nobel prize winning non-governmental organization, known by its French acronym MSF, provides medical care in war zone…
April 2, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria President-elect Mohammadu Buhari’s Agenda
As in the United States, there is a hiatus between a president’s election and his inauguration in Nigeria. Muhammadu Buhari will be inaugurated as president of Nigeria on May 29. In the meantime, Pre…
September 5, 2012
American Policy and the New Egypt
American policy toward Egypt is the subject of two important articles from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy today. First, Eric Trager recounts his unhappy interview with Mohamed Morsi i…
