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From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: December 15 update Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:53:58 +0000 15 December, 2013 Article 1. Los Angeles Times Moonwalking in Syria Doyle McManus Article 2. Agence Global Is John Kerry Serious? Rami G. Khouri Article 3. Project-Syndicate Middle East F

i al-Maliki's spokesman told the BBC were suspicions of "corruption." The Russian press has tried to lay blame for this on U.S. pressure exerted on Maliki during his visit to Washington last October, his first ever since winning the premiership in 2006. (He had had already traveled twice to Moscow in

fi Issawi, Iraq's former finance minister and a well-regarded Sunni moderate who had criticized the prime minister's growing authoritarianism. In a Los Angeles Times op W later that month, Iraq expert Henri Barkey called the move "another nail in the coffin for a unified Iraq." Iraq, he warned, "is on its way to

e Saudis' worst fears about lingering EFTA00665425 instability in Iraq. The Obama administration will find it difficult not to come to the aid of Maliki, especially given the presence of large numbers of Al Qaeda fighters fighting in the open. The Saudis want nothing to do with Maliki and blame him

ankaj Mishra Article 2. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace The Generals' Secret: Egypt's Ambivalent Market Zeinab Abul-Magd Article 3. Los Angeles Times Turkey struggles in the role of Mideast power during Syria crisis J. Michael Kennedy Article 4. The Daily Beast The British Prime Minister Is C

mostly Sunni Muslim political coalition that is at odds with the Shiite prime minister, Nouri Maliki. Iran has sided with the Assad regime and the Maliki government, setting the stage for an Iran-Turkey influence contest, including the threat of proxy wars in the region. Turkey and Iran have a long

n Sent: Wed 2/15/2012 11:36:07 PM Subject: February 15 update 15 February, 2012 Article 1. NYT Iran Is Ready to Talk Dennis Ross Article 2. Los Angeles Times On Iran, a stark choice Benny Morris Article 3. The Washington Post The U.S.-Israeli trust gag on Iran Editorial Article 4. NYT Like Father,

e been supporting opposing camps. Since Iraq's first democratic elections in 2005, Iran has supported the Shiite-backed Dawa party of Nun Kamal al- Maliki, while Turkey has backed the secular pan-Iraqi movement of Ayad Allawi. Following months of contention after the 2010 elections, Maliki formed a go

The American Interest Can Mama Make Iran Pull In Its Horns? Walter Russell Mead Wall Street Journal Articic 3. The Caliphate Rises Editorial Los Angeles Times Why it's wav too soon to give tin on the Arab Spring Juan Cole Articic 4. Al-Ahram Weekly A strategic stopover Hussein Handy Au',it: 5. The

ing place in the Iranian establishment over whether its regional policies—backing Shi'a and Shi'a-friendly forces like Hezbollah and the Assad and Maliki governments to the hilt in brutal civil wars-is working. According to The Wall Street Journal, Iranian doves are pointing to the recent regional ch