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April 26, 2013
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Syrian Chemical Weapons, Iraqi Violence, and U.S. Regional Engagement
Significant Developments Syria. Syrian officials today denied international allegations that Bashar al-Assad’s forces had used chemical weapons in Syria. Yesterday, the White House sent a letter to …
May 10, 2013
Israel
Middle East Matters This Week: Israel Strikes Damascus, Egypt Reshuffles Government, and World Powers Scramble
Significant Developments Syria. Hassan Nasrallah announced yesterday that Syria would transfer strategic “game-changing” weapons to the Lebanese group Hezbollah. The televised speech was a response …
March 9, 2016
Iran
Dangerous Illusions About Iran
Last year’s Iran nuclear agreement was sold with several powerful arguments, and among the most important were these: that the agreement would strengthen Iranian "moderates" and thus Iran’s external …
April 29, 2011
Weekend Reading
Palestinian youths read the Koran during a lesson inside a mosque in Gaza City (Mohammed Salem/Courtesy Reuters) Good Morning, Sinai: Hassan Nafaa on the potential new relationship between the Eg…
June 19, 2014
United States
This Week: Iraq’s Morass, Iran’s Talks, and Egypt’s Trials
Significant Developments Iraq. President Obama told reporters today that the United States will deploy up to 300 military advisors to Iraq to help the country’s security services "take the fight" to…
