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September 16, 2019

Iran
Is Iran Escalating Gulf Energy Attacks?

The attacks on the sprawling Saudi oil facility bear all the hallmarks of an Iranian operation, marking a dangerous new phase in Gulf tensions.

January 10, 2017

Nigeria
MSF Delivering Emergency Food in Northeast Nigeria

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) has issued a press release that it has just delivered 810 metric tons of food to Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria. The organization estimates that…

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August 1, 2014

Israel
Weekend Reading: Israel’s Left Wing, Islamist Rivalries, and Instability in Libya

Orit Bashkin examines the role of the radical Israeli left. Ali Mamouri, writing for Al-Monitor, explores why the Islamic State and other fundamentalist Salafi groups refuse to support Hamas. Filmm…

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August 29, 2013

United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Retaliatory Talk Against Syria, Egypt’s Crackdown Intensifies

Significant Developments Syria. White House officials plan to brief members of Congress this evening on the situation in Syria after more than one hundred U.S. representatives signed a letter yester…

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March 7, 2014

Egypt
Weekend Reading: Public Health in The Middle East

Ali Younes asks, Is Egypt going mad? The MERS virus may be more widespread than was originally thought. The UN is planning a new vaccination program against polio in the Middle East following the r…

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