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Shelling in Syria

There are both practical and humanitarian reasons to oppose US airstrikes in response to the horrific chemical weapons attack.

President Harry Truman and Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh

Sixty years ago this week, the CIA successfully staged a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.

Egypt

Deadly clashes shock a nation fresh off the heels of a military coup.

Syrian soldier

“Humanitarian” intervention would only deepen the humanitarian disaster.

Morsi's latest power play has sparked the largest uprisings in Egypt since Mubarak was ousted.

What are the new rules of the political game in the Middle East? Nobody knows, but Marc Lynch’s The Arab Uprising is a useful guide.

Air strike damage in Syria

The new UN envoy has a near impossible task. But Washington must support it—arming the rebels will only prolong the civil war.

As the Assad regime cracks down on protesters, it is waging a propaganda war on Syrians and stoking fears of a civil war.

While the US funds democratic reform projects in the post-Mubarak age, Egyptians are mistrustful of American meddling in their domestic affairs.

Blogs

Vast carnage in Iraq as Syrian spillover threatens to reignite Iraq’s own civil war.

September 26, 2013

The Obama administration watches as US regional influence declines.

August 15, 2013

More and more, it seems that the revolt that mobilized against the Muslim Brotherhood was manipulated by the powers-that-be.

July 11, 2013

An indecisive, divided administration may be gradually blundering its way toward war.

April 18, 2013

A diplomatic solution to Syria’s civil war remains unlikely—but possible.

September 24, 2012

 If the Muslim Brotherhood is Egypt’s “center,” watch out.

August 17, 2012

Who died and made America boss?

August 14, 2012

The kleptocratic kingdom has long backed the Brothers.

July 13, 2012

Obama needs to put an end to NATO’s warmongering on Syria, or this will get a lot uglier, fast.

June 27, 2012

More than 10,000 complaints have been filed about abuses by the police and military since the coup, none of which have been addressed.

May 22, 2012
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