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ng Abdullah nervously identified as the "Shia crescent." Washington is assuming that the Muslim Brotherhood, the most influential party within the Istanbul-based Syrian National Council, would end the Iran-Syria alliance if it came to power. The organization's deputy secretary, Mohammed Faruk Tayfur, t

Iran. For the last 30 years, Israel's peace diplomacy with Jordan, Syria and the Palestinians, supported in fits and starts by the Gulf states and North Africa, was a product of this new strategic calculation. Those days are gone. Today, as a result of the transformational change of the Arab uprisings, Isr

bureau chief since 2010, covering Israel, the Palestine territories and nearby sovereignties. He worked 16 years at the Washington Post in Nairobi, Istanbul, Baghdad, Los Angeles and Rockville, MD. A,tklc 5. The Telegraph Inside Israel's nuclear wargames David Patrikarakos 4 Nov 2012 -- On the 24 Se

and mortars have been fired into Israel from the Strip in 2012. If this incoming fire were landing in Texas from Mexico—or in southern Spain from North Africa—it would be a major story. Instead, the world has largely ignored the attacks while obsessing over a possible Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear faci

g. Negotiations between Iran and the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany concerning Iran's nuclear program will continue in Istanbul on July 24, although at the technical level. On June 20, Kuwait's constitutional court declared the February parliamentary elections—which gave the

versial as it underscores the issue of national sovereignty as U.S. participation in these operations in Central America increases. Middle East and North Africa Egypt: Egypt's stock market is serving as an accurate barometer of the level of political tension during the nation's historic political transition

hat "our goal is ... a democratic transformation." Clinton has left the door open slightly for reformers within the Assad regime. Last Saturday in Istanbul, she urged "an opposition that can provide a pathway, hopefully in peaceful cooperation with the government, to a better future." The administratio

he U.S. is frustrated, but ultimately an outcome where it vetoes a resolution is not the end of the world," said Robert Malley, the Middle East and North Africa program director at the International Crisis Group. EFTA_R1_02034282 EFTA02691768 5 Palestinian leaders insist they are determined to go throug

y, Nagorno-Karabakh, and more than 20,000 Turks, including Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin, staged a colorful protest rally at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Israeli defense officials said Israeli Aerospace Industries had secured a $1.6 billion contract to sell drones and anti-aircraft and missile defe

e is the forward headquarters of the United States Central Command, which oversees a vast area of responsibility extending from the Middle East to North Africa and Central Asia. CENTCOM forces are deployed in combat roles in Afghanistan as well as at smaller bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emira

. Big cities in the Muslim world have seen especially sharp drops. Eberstadt notes that only six states in the United States have lower rates than Istanbul. In Tehran and Isfahan, Iran, fertility rates are lower than those of any state in the United States. Eberstadt argues that the fertility decline i

means what it says. Only a year after troops withdrew from Iraq, that country is not talked about in Washington, like an embarrassing relative. In North Africa, the US EFTA00683486 military has taken a back seat while the work of toppling Colonel Muammar Qaddafi and driving back the jihadists in Mali has

ly, Nagorno-Karabakh, and more than 20,000 Turks, including Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin, staged a colorful protest rally at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Israeli defense officials said Israeli Aerospace Industries had secured a $1.6 billion contract to sell drones and anti- aircraft and missile defen

se is the forward headquarters of the United States Central Command, which oversees a vast area of responsibility extending from the Middle East to North Africa and Central Asia. CENTCOM forces are deployed in combat roles in Afghanistan as well as at smaller bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirat

Gen. Amos Yadlin weighed in. In an interview with the Times of Israel, he described the situation: "The diplomatic negotiations that took place in Istanbul, Baghdad, and Moscow produced nothing....And therefore if you're not prepared to live with an Iran with a nuclear bomb, you are left with only one

sts attacking both Israel and Egypt). While world attention in our region focuses on Syria, EFTA_R1_02211666 EFTA02724660 transformations across North Africa, the situation in Iraq, and Iranian-Israeli tensions, more and more people around the world — including mainline churches, labor unions, academics

hat "our goal is ... a democratic transformation." Clinton has left the door open slightly for reformers within the Assad regime. Last Saturday in Istanbul, she urged "an opposition that can provide a pathway, hopefully in peaceful cooperation with the government, to a better future." The administratio

he U.S. is frustrated, but ultimately an outcome where it vetoes a resolution is not the end of the world," said Robert Malley, the Middle East and North Africa program director at the International Crisis Group. EFTA00587439 5 Palestinian leaders insist they are determined to go through with the drive

is the author of Talking to Arab Youth: Revolution and Counterrevolution in Egypt and Tunisia. Nur focuses on the transitions in the Middle East and North Africa, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and issues related to US foreign policy. She has worked as a senior policy analyst at the International Peace Inst

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