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| June 30 |
| Iran: Rumors of war reach fever pitch |
| George Friedman: The 30-Year War in Afghanistan |
| Russia slams US 'spy' arrests as cold war throwback |
| Sami Moubayed: The Latin America Connection |
| Patrick Seale: Can Israel Make Peace With Syria? |
| Israel: From a Source of Inspiration to a Pariah State |
| Patrick Seale: Turkey's War against the PKK |
| Iran and the US: Alms or Arms? |
| James Zogby: Abusing the Living and Dead |
| Iraq, rewriting its history, treats recent events
cautiously |
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| June 29 |
| Could jihadists overthrow the Syrian regime? |
| Third US carrier, 4,000 Marines augment US armada
opposite Iran |
| David Ignatius: What would reconciliation look like for
the U.S. and Taliban? |
| Richard Cohen: Hamas is a threat to the Palestinian cause |
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| June 28 |
| US-Israeli relations suffer 'tectonic rift' |
| CIA: Iran could have nuclear weapons by 2012 |
| CIA: US has not had good intelligence on bin Laden in
years |
| Yoel Marcus: The ultra-Orthodox are returning Israel to
the middle ages |
| Zvi Bar'el: An overshadowed nuclear threat |
| Anthony Shadid: In Iraq, Divvying Up the Spoils of
Political War |
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| June 27 |
| Israel setting up Saudi base for Iran raid? |
| Age of the iron fist is over, says Gadaffi Jr |
| Erdogan faces US stick, Kurdish rebel upsurge, yet
clings to anti-Israel stance |
| Amir Tahiti: Second Term Blues in Tehran |
| Zvi Bar'el: PR success of Gaza flotilla could be a trap
for Hamas |
| Hamas official facing expulsion: I won't leave my
ancestral home |
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| June 26 |
| Saudi Arabian mother becomes the First Lady of al-Qaeda |
| Giving Teeth to the Iran Sanctions: Targeting Re-Export
Loopholes |
| Battle for the Nile as rivals lay claim to Africa's
great river |
| In Iran, what's forbidden is in -- and on Rupert
Murdoch's Farsi1 TV channel |
| General McChrystal: the fall guy for the president's
failure? |
| Daniel Serwer: Why Afghanistan could end up looking like
Lebanon |
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| June 25 |
| Is Israel Arming in Saudi Arabia? |
| Scott Stewart: Criminal Intent and Militant Funding |
| Ari Shavit : Things have never been worse for Israel |
| Brian Whitaker: Iran's 'blogfather' on trial in Tehran |
| Simon Tisdal: General McChrystal and the militarisation
of US politics |
| Emile Hokayem: Turkey needs more than Charisma to
establish itself |
| Israel Harel: The 'Arab peace plan' was clearly just a
bluff |
| James Zogby: Obama’s Two Crises |
| Rami Khouri: An Historic Moment for Gaza |
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| June 24 |
| Israelis prepping for Iran attack? |
| Lee Smith:
The Return of the Ottomans |
| Iran on war alert over "US and Israeli
concentrations" in Azerbaijan |
| Why Iran vs. Israel rhetoric could escalate into war |
| Saudi's Shia Muslims mount campaign to win over
suspicious Sunni |
| Analysis: Right-wing Israel lobby riding high in election run-up |
| Shimon Peres defends Israel's policies as vital to
security - Interview |
| A bigger threat to Iraq than Al Qaeda? Power cuts |
| Analysis: Israel's actions could have US military base
implications |
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| June 23 |
| Firebrand, cleric, politician: Muqtada al Sadr reshapes
Iraqi politics |
| Istanbul bomb marks end of Kurdish ceasefire |
| George Friedman: Germany and Russia Move Closer |
| Dani Rodrik: The Death of Turkey's Democracy |
| Feature: Four years on, snatched Israeli soldier a
captive symbol |
| Claire Berlinski: A Visit Inside Turkey's Islamist IHH |
| Three Critical Weeks in the Middle East: Insights into
U.S. Policy |
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| June 22 |
| Israel's feeling of isolation is becoming more pronounced |
| Claude Salhani: Mideast conflict threatens NATO |
| Iran’s Next Rival: Turkey |
| Feature: Writing on the walls in the Holy Land |
| Dimitry Shumsky: Even if you will it, this isn't Zionism |
| Amir Oren: The world acts, Netanyahu reacts |
| After 8 years, why hasn't Israel responded to the Arab
peace initiative? |
| Analysis: Israel's new Gaza policy aims at international
legitimacy |
| Amira Hass: Easing of siege may have negligible effect on
Gaza |
| Amos Harel: Full repercussions of Gaza flotilla not yet
felt |
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| June 21 |
| The Birth of a Bomb: A History of Iran's Nuclear Ambitions |
| The fantasy of an Iranian revolution |
| Iraq 2010: A weak state on the edge |
| Does Israel suffer from 'Iranophobia'? |
| U.S. rethinks a Marine Corps specialty: storming beaches |
| Tony Karon: The West counts its checkers while Iran plays
nuclear chess |
| Mohamad Bazzi: Appeasing a tougher Teheran |
| Feature: Frustration in Gaza despite Israeli pledge to
ease blockade |
| The Middle East at the Crossroads - Turkey steps
forward on the world stage |
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| June 20 |
| Profile: Iran's Jundullah militants |
| Israel: Ignoring the emerging threats |
| David Ignatius: The silk road to Afghan stability |
| Anthony Shadid: Baghdad nightlife glitters amid bombs |
| Egypt nearing potentially troubled political waters |
| World is an accesory to Israel's Gaza crimes |
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| June 19 |
| Middle East: Catastrophe appraoching as extremism takes
hold |
| Analysis: Collapse of Israel's dependence on the Turkish
alternative |
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| June 18 |
| Easing of Gaza blockade marks victory for flotilla
activists |
| Khalil El-Anani: The future of Islam in Europe |
| Abdel-Moneim Said: Would Hamas lift the siege? |
| Analysis: Israeli apathy is to blame for ultra-Orthodox
arrogance |
| Michael Nagler: The Gaza Blockade and the Flotilla |
| Scott Stewart:
Watching for Watchers |
| Moshe Dann: Is Barak good for Israel? |
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| June 17 |
| Black-Market Gas Shelters Iran |
| The view from Istanbul: Turkey lurches into dangerous
territory |
| Zafar Hilaly: Iran's ambition goes beyond the bomb |
| Caroline Glick: Hamas rises in the West |
| Iran probes Iraqi reaction at deserted border area |
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| June 16 |
| Emile Hokayem: Iran’s opposition leaders are not the
new revolutionaries |
| Robert Dreyfuss: Trillion-Dollar War |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Bin Laden and Minerals…and Abu
Dalama’s Fate? |
| Iraq: Major Disputes within the National Alliance |
| Ali Ibrahim: The Chicken and the Egg in Yemen |
| Mustafa El-Labbad: Turkey and the Freedom Flotilla |
| Dilip Hiro: Turkey’s soul-searching leads to its
rise as a regional power |
| Adel Safty: Era of unconditional support for Israel ends |
| Nicola Nasser: Israel fuelling anti-Americanism |
| William Cook: From USS Liberty to Freedom Flotilla |
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| June 15 |
| Elliott Abrams: A Turkey of a Policy |
| Yoel Marcus: The Yom Kippur syndrome |
| Peter Zeihan: The Kyrgyzstan Crisis and the Russian Dilemma |
| Feature: Mixed feelings define Mubarak's children in
Egypt |
| Fearing Iran, Arab stand on Israel shifts |
| Iran’s Revolution: Year 2 |
| Saad Eddin Ibrahim: Obama is too friendly with tyrants |
| Does Palestinian group 'behind' West Bank shooting
actually exist? |
| The Saudi Corridor and the Israeli Strike |
| Israel and Passing through Saudi Airspace |
| David Pollock: Israelis Agree with Bibi |
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| June 14 |
| Obama's Middle East plan blunted |
| America leaves Iraq a toxic legacy of hazardous
materials |
| Analysis: Exploiting a possibly dangerous summer |
| Israel: Beatings, arrests, nighttime raids and dubious
indictments |
| Arab Israeli the most hated person in Israel |
| Beyond Iran sanctions: Iran's failing legitimacy |
| A Period of Consequences: America's dangerous Iran policy |
| Feature: Separate roads push West Bank Arabs to the
byways |
| Saudis act aggressively to denounce terrorism |
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| June 13 |
| Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iran |
| Pakistan puppet masters guide the Taliban killers |
| Israel: A hilltop government |
| Gal Luft: A geopolitical game changer |
| Ofra Bengio: Turkey’s Strategic U-Turn,
Israel’s Tactical Mistakes |
| One year on, Iran’s battered opposition endures in
terror |
| To challenge Iran, Arabs have two options, and neither
is a good one |
| Feature: Iranian dissidents discover that even Iraq is
safer |
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| June 12 |
| MI5 warns of the al-Qaeda preacher targeting Britain |
| Michaek Ledeen: Iran's Revolution Has Only Just Begun |
| Matthew Levitt: Why the Iran Sanctions Matter |
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| June 11 |
| Moral crisis threatens Iran's Revolutionary Guards |
| Turkey, Hamas and the PKK |
| Scott Stewart: A Primer on Situational Awareness |
| Tayyip Erdogan's Dangerous Rhetoric |
| Analysis: Ahmadinejad has become a danger to Iran |
| Patrick Martin:
Turkish Prime Minister represents changing dynamics of Middle East |
| Analysis: Beyond Iran Sanctions That Probably Won’t
Work, Plans B, C, D ... |
| Ted Belman: The Shifting Sands of the Middle East |
| Amin Saikal: Obama's Middle East strategy on the rocks |
| Charles Krauthammer: The myth of Iran's 'isolation' |
| Israel: A nightmarish experiment |
| Ali Ibrahim: Palestinian reconciliation is the solution |
| Saudi Arabia: Is Haylah the only one? |
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| June 10 |
| U.S. targets Revolutionary Guards with new Iran
sanctions |
| One Year after a Rigged Election: Iran's Introverted
Politics |
| Erdogan rides high in wake of flotilla |
| Analysis: Iran sanctions good for Obama, won't stop Iran |
| Hamas Outreach: Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood in Crisis |
| An Ambush at Sea: Understanding the Gaza Flotilla
Operation |
| Jim Lobe: Neo-Conservatives Lead Charge Against Turkey |
| Analysis: NATO 'Singing Israeli Tunes' |
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| June 9 |
| Why Iran's Revolutionary Guard wants to escort new Gaza
flotilla |
| The New US Plan to Combat Al-Qaeda |
| Soner Cagaptay: Lose-Lose for Turkey and Israel? |
| Why Christians Are Leaving the Middle East |
| Iraqi Christian Refugees: Finding a Safe Haven in
Damascus |
| Never mind the 'Freedom Flotilla.' Is Israel's Gaza
blockade legal? |
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| June 8 |
| The Limits of Public Opinion: Arabs, Israelis and the
Strategic Balance |
| How Somalia's civil war became new front in battle
against al-Qaida |
| Web of shell companies veils trade by Iran’s ships |
| US cluster bombs in Yemen: The right weapon in Al Qaeda
fight? |
| Foreign fighters gain influence in Somalia's Islamist
al-Shabab militia |
| Nehemia Shtrasler: The highway to economic hell |
| Yoel Marcus: Welcome, Mr. Erdogan |
| Soli Ozel: Turkey’s emergence as a center power in
the Middle East is a game changer |
| Iran: Deception and deceit |
| Editorial: Turkey and Israel can still salvage a
friendship |
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| June 7 |
| Another Middle East War on the Horizon |
| Alain Gresh: Gaza Sinks Slowly |
| John Bolton: Letting Israel hang |
| Leaning tower of Abu Dhabi |
| Analysis: Opposition keeps momentum, Ahmadinejad swims in
denial |
| Turkey is making a play for regional power |
| Ross Douthat: Israel and Outremer |
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| June 6 |
| Iran using Dubai to smuggle nuclear components |
| Obama secretly deploys US special forces to 75 countries |
| Dispatch: Just how hungry is Gaza? |
| Operation calamity: Israeli commandos were expecting a
cakewalk |
| Thomas Friedman: New Palestinian Model Working |
| Doron Rosenblum: Israel’s commando complex |
| "A Head for an Eye": Gaza, Israel and the
Limits of "Escalation Dominance." |
| After the flotilla attack, it's time for a new, kinder
Israeli narrative |
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| June 5 |
| After Gaza Flotilla: Policy Challenges and Options |
| Qatar tries to build niche as a peace negotiator |
| Salah Salem: From clashing civilisations to universal
humanism |
| Namik Tan: Israel owes Turkey an apology for flotilla
attack |
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| June 4 |
| Iraqi stalemate stirs militias |
| Israel's Isolation, Turkey's Rise |
| After the Israeli flotilla incident, Turkey is the new
Palestinian champion |
| GCC – Iran Relations: Trail of Tensions |
| U.S. plan for covert ops causes jitters |
| Feature: Syria grapples with surging population |
| Thomas Joscelyn: The Muslim Brotherhood's Flotilla |
| Iraqi Christians: Better off than other Iraqi refugees? |
| Stephen Schwartz: Erdogan, Qaradawi, Ramadan, Hamas, and
Obama |
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| June 3 |
| Iran: Converting Back to the Dollar |
| Turkey and Israel Fight for U.S. Support |
| Analysis: Gaza raid exposes flaws in Turkey’s
attitude towards Israel |
| Analysis: Israel needs to keep Turkey in the West |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave: End of this world? |
| Feature: After the flotilla confrontation comes the spin |
| Jim Lobe: Israel's Defenders Mobilise, Threaten |
| Jonathan Cook: Israelis see West Bank as a war 'refuge'
in case of war with Lebanon |
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| June 2 |
| Fallout from the Gaza Flotilla Tragedy |
| Gaza Flotilla: Why the Blockade Makes Sense for Israel |
| Turkey and Israel: a deepening chill |
| Amos Oz: Israeli Force, Adrift on the Sea |
| Yehezkel Dror: Israel's primitive policy-making |
| Aluf Benn: It's time for real disengagement |
| Anne Bayefsky: Obama Administration Abandons Israel to
UN-feeding Frenzy |
| George Friedman: Flotillas and the Wars of Public
Opinion |
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| June 1 |
| Strutting from Tehran to Damascus, from Beirut to Gaza |
| How badly has Israel miscalculated? |
| Analysis: Angry Arab world losing hope of peace with Israel |
| Israel, Palestinian Territories: Possible Militant
Reprisals? |
| Israel: More Tactical Details on the Flotilla Raid |
| Analysis: Gung-ho Israel mystified at worldwide criticism |
| Robert Fisk: Has Israel lost it? |
| Israel: Straight into the trap |
| Operation Mini Cast Lead |
| Jonathan Schanzer: The Terror Finance Flotilla |
| Ze'ev Segal: Only a judicial commission of inquiry |
| Reuven Pedatzur: A failure any way you slice it |
