Thanassis Cambanis claims that Lebanon's Hizballah and the clerical regime in Iran are now fully vested factions in Syria's civil...

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This article was originally published on The Atlantic on Monday, May 12, 2013. Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil announced a cabinet...

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The Turkish government's tepid response to the car bombings in Reyhanli last Friday should help bring to a merciful end...

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Steven A. Cook probes the arguments against a No-Fly Zone over Syria. Gary Schmitt says it is doubtful that the...

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In what the Turkish press is building up to be a "historic" trip, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will...

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Muftah analyzes the Muslim Brotherhood's appropriation of revolutionary symbols, such as the Ultras,  to claim popularity among the youth in...

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Since I first broached the subject of intervention in Syria sixteen months ago, I have had episodic debates with various former...

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The complete final issue of Egypt Independent, which was not allowed to go to print. Sarah Carr takes down Al Masry Al...

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The West's overall approach to Syria since the uprising began in March 2011 has been a combination of empty sloganeering...

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"Recep Tayyip Erdogan is Turkey's first Pharaoh!" a contact in Turkey declared to me recently over breakfast in Ankara.  "Not...

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