List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can the Islamic State Lose Mosul and Still Win?
There’s a well-established playbook for pivoting to guerilla warfare.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Shiite Militias Join Mosul Fight, Turkey Reacts; Russian Subs on the Move?
White House to Ukraine; Trump on Defense Spending; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 For Iraqi Christians, a Bittersweet Homecoming
They’re taking their homes and churches back from the Islamic State. But it may be too late to start over.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Rebels Assault Aleppo, Russian Air Base; Exclusive: Monitor Drones Grounded in Ukraine
Putin Blames Obama for Syria; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turkey’s Ongoing Military Purge Drives, Complicates Regional Ambitions
Turkish policymakers are writing rhetorical checks their decimated military may not be able to cash.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Russia Stalls Western Push to Sanction Syria for Chemical Weapons Attacks
As Britain and France press for quick Syria sanctions, the United States seeks more time to strike an agreement with Moscow to preserve the mandate for chemical weapons inspectors.
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Two boys stand near a burning oil pit in Qayyarah, Iraq. The Islamic State Just Wants to Watch the World Burn
As Iraqi forces bear down on Mosul, the jihadi group is setting oil wells ablaze, using civilians as human shields, and executing those who try to flee.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Fight For Raqqa Is On; Russian Ships Pushing into Mediterranean, Baltic
Turkey Prepares for Scraps in Syria; China’s Robot Rodeo; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Blowing Up the Islamic State’s Oil Company
The United States has dramatically stepped up attacks on the caliphate’s oil production. But to win this battle, it’s going to have to go scorched earth.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: JSOC Hunting ISIS; Turkey Threatening Combat in Iraq and Syria
Civilians being Slaughtered in Mosul; No Fly, No Go; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Allah Wants ISIS to Retreat
The caliphate’s propagandists are digging through the Quran to prove that getting beaten back in Mosul doesn’t stray from the preordained plan.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is the U.S. Navy a Sitting Duck?
Why asymmetric warfare on the high seas is so tricky for great powers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama and the Middle East: Should the real metric be the degree of bungling?
Sure, Barack Obama bungled the Mideast, but not half as badly as his predecessor
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Different Stories on Aleppo; U.S. Aircraft Pound Mosul
U.S. Army Gets Behind Transgender Change; Chinese Hackers; Hill Dems Survive Iran Talk; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Battlegrounds: The Fight for Mosul and Election Day Disruptions
What will come next in the offensive against the Islamic State in Iraq? And should U.S. voters be wary of a cyberattack on Nov. 8?
