List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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kremlinsmen-1 The Russian Reset That Never Was
How palace intrigues in the Kremlin, the death of Qaddafi, and war in Ukraine ushered in a new era of mistrust between Russia and the United States under Obama.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Russian Military Draws Lessons From Ukraine and Syria Ops
Moscow and the Russian defense industry looking to cash in, while commanders on the ground forge deeper ties with Iran and Hezbollah
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Don’t Knock Offshore Balancing Until You’ve Tried It
Whatever you want to call the Obama foreign policy, it has not been a calculated attempt to contain the rise of hegemonic threats.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 New MI6 Chief: Terrorism Threat to U.K. ‘Unprecedented’
Why the threat from abroad leaves the new MI6 head shaken and stirred.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Someone Is Smuggling Desperate Civilians Out of Mosul. It Might Be ISIS.
The latest Islamic State moneymaking operation appears to be the trafficking of people from the besieged city to safety.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Latest Wikileaks Dump Sheds New Light on Erdogan’s Power In Turkey
From indirect involvement with ISIS’s oil trade to free press crackdowns, the latest Wikileaks dump isn’t very flattering to Erdogan or his family.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.N. Braces for a Potentially Massive Exodus from Mosul
With winter coming and funding running low, the U.N. refugee agency is racing to avoid another humanitarian disaster in Iraq.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Russia Promises to Wipe Out Anyone Left in Eastern Aleppo
Washington and Moscow Spar Over Which Rebel Groups to Bomb, and Which to Work With
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Obama Makes His Counterterrorism Case; The Trump Team’s Conspiracy Theories
Trump to Unveil Mattis Pick at Rally; The Business of Defense
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 President Trump and the Art of the ‘Ultimate’ Israel-Palestine Peace Deal
The two-state solution is not lost for the incoming administration. But Trump will have to pick his battles on settlements wisely.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 We Are All Accomplices to the Slaughter of Aleppo
Russia and Syria are guilty of bombing thousands of civilians. The rest of the world is guilty of doing nothing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Congress Issues a Warning to Iran and a Rebuff to the Obama Administration
Senators unanimously extend sanctions on Iran in a symbolic message to Tehran, ending a tentative thaw in U.S relations.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: It’s Mattis for SecDef; ISIS Making Stand to Protect Oil
Afghanistan Continues to Falter; U.K. Heading to South China Sea; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump Reaches Out to Central Asia, Looking For a Back Door to Russia
President-elect Donald Trump made his first overture to former Soviet Central Asia and may looking for ways to mend ties with Moscow.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Amid Oil Glut, OPEC Finally Agrees to Curb Crude Production
Oil prices surged after OPEC announced a new production cut. But will it be enough to help the group escape the bottom of the barrel?
