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| April 30 |
| Rami Makhlouf becomes a magnet for Syrian dissent |
| James Traub: Hope Dies Last in Damascus |
| Syria: The hardliners responsible for state brutality |
| How Syria and Libya Got to be Turkey's Headaches |
| Fatah-Hamas accord a by-product of secret Israel-Turkish
talks, Syrian crisis |
| Akiva Eldar: In the absence of leaders, it's up for
Israelis to make peace |
| Yoel Marcus: What matters is peace, not with whom peace
is made |
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| April 29 |
| The revolt in Syria: Not so easy |
| Inside the Syrian suburb of protest |
| Life in Syria's psychological prison of fear |
| Palestinian unity raises new problems as it solves others |
| Countdown to birth of an independent Palestinian state
begins |
| Aljazeera: One Organization, Two Messages |
| The Syria Lobby: Why Washington keeps giving a pass to
the Assad regime |
| Salwa Ismail: Syria and the sectarian 'plot' |
| Feature: Gazans Divided on Prospects for Palestinian
Unity |
| Causes of Poverty in Syria |
| Simon Henderson: Royal Flush |
| Wikileaks Files Reveal Failures of U.S. Intelligence |
| Amid Turmoil, a Nuke-Free Middle East May Be in Jeopardy |
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| April 28 |
| Long repressed in Syria, an internal opposition takes
shape |
| A Syrian beacon pays price for its dissent |
| Analysis: Assad gambling on fear to break popular revolt |
| The Long View: The Middle East Needs More Israels |
| The Long View: The Middle East Needs More Israels |
| Meir Javedanfar: Is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about to resign? |
| Asef Bayat: The Post-Islamist Revolutions |
| Bashar al-Assad's UK gatekeeper 'only wants to build
bridges' |
| Hussain Abdul-Hussain: No civil war after Assad |
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| April 27 |
| Tanks signal beginning of end for Assad |
| Chaotic Syria sending ripples across region |
| Friends or foes, Syria's neighbours wary of Assad's
ouster |
| Failure to act on Syria is 'licence to kill', analysts
say |
| Analyst View: Fatah, Hamas agree to form interim govt,
hold vote |
| Syrian revolution no longer about reform but Al-Assad's
job |
| Egyptians remain hostile to U.S. after revolution, poll
shows |
| Analysis: Israel sees hope, risks in Syria unrest |
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| April 26 |
| Deadly attacks raise questions about Syria's stability |
| Syria's military shows signs of division amid crackdown |
| George Friedman: Iraq, Iran and the Next Move |
| Analysis: The Syrian Paradox |
| Syria: The key piece in a regional Rubik's cube |
| Rainer Sollich: Syria shows its true face, with worse
likely to come |
| William Harris: The Syrian Regime's Crimes Against
Humanity |
| Rami Khouri: Syrian regime seriously challenged by a
combination of strong forces |
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| April 25 |
| In shift, US considers sanctions against Syria's Assad
regime |
| Assad faces indictment by the International Criminal
Court |
| Syria's Assad: What forces can he count on to survive? |
| Syria: Who Is the Opposition and When Is The Moment of
Truth? |
| Analysis: Syrian Crisis Tests the Mettle of Its
Autocratic Ruler |
| Syrian Activists Begin to Mobilize |
| Syria protests: Is there a peaceful path to democracy? |
| Analysis: Yemen's president leaving, but when? |
| Gideon Levy: At home and abroad, Israelis ignore the rest
of the world |
| Syed Fattahul Alim: Syrian test-case for Arab democracy
uprisings |
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| April 24 |
| Analysis: Challenges to Assad rule grow in the streets of
Syria |
| Anthony Shadid: Exiles Shaping World’s Image of
Syria Revolt |
| Factbox: International reaction to Syria's crackdown |
| Factbox: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad |
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| April 23 |
| Analysis: Mass protests spread in Syria's Assad |
| After 90 die on bloodiest day of Syrian protest, Assad
to deploy entire army |
| Damascus on the cusp |
| Assad and Reform: Damned if He Does, Doomed if He
Doesn't |
| Yemen: Islamist Militancy in a Pre- and Post-Saleh Yemen |
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| April 22 |
| A massacre of Syrian protesters the US can't ignore |
| Loyal, secretive security forces keep Syria leader in
power |
| Possible collapse of Assad and regional implications |
| Once seen as shy reformer, Syria's Assad confounds hopes |
| ''Bloodbath' would follow overthrow of Assad in Syria' |
| Mehdi Khalaji: Iran's Continuing Power Struggles |
| Patrick Seale: If Assad falls, we will see all the
region's alliances unravel |
| The Assad, the power of the Family control all Syria |
| Syria: One Step Forward, One Step Back |
| Editorial: Iran Assists Its Ally Syria |
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| April 21 |
| Anthony Shadid: Amid crackdown in Syria, big protest is
planned for Friday |
| End of emergency rule in Syria unlikely to quell
protests or stop arrests |
| Assad cousin Rami Makhlouf accused of favouring family |
| Assad's bloody crackdown protest threatens sectarian war |
| Assad olive branch fails to halt Syria revolt |
| Ari Shavit : One last chance for Israel to reaffirm its
right to exist |
| Gideon Levy: We have the right to know where Israel is
going |
| Advice to Assad: Go now when you can |
| Editorial: Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian charade |
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| April 20 |
| Anthony Shadid: Syrian activists regroup after deadly
crackdown |
| Syrian regime may be about to face its most dangerous
moment |
| Venetia Rainey: What is Salafism and should we be
worried? |
| Timothy Spangler: Syria getting serious |
| Anathony Shadid: Syria meets new defiance with bullets and a
warning |
| Mohamad Bazzi: Gathering Clouds for Syria's Assad |
| Feature: Syrians adapt to online activism |
| Michael Goodwin: Awakening to Obama's 'Hosni' hell |
| Jonathan Freedland: Israel and Palestine don't need more
friends |
| Editorial: Syria on the boil |
| Elliott Abrams: U.S. Incoherence in the Face of
Brutality |
| Daniel Zucker: U.S. Middle-East Policy in Disarray |
| Aluf Benn: When will Israel, like Syria, lift its
emergency laws? |
| David Makovsky: Crossing Thresholds for Peace Process |
| Simon Henderson: Outraged in Riyadh |
| Statehood May Be Pyrrhic Victory for Palestinians,
Experts Warn |
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| April 19 |
| Syria: Another day, another massacre |
| Joshua Gleis: The Syrian Anomaly |
| Middle East’s political geography remains shrouded
in mystery |
| Dancing with the Assads |
| Moves to target Gaddafi wife's fortune of $30bn |
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| April 18 |
| Saudi Arabia, Iran wage new cold war in the Middle East |
| Patrick Howie: President Bashar al-Assad's Strategic
Mistake |
| Growing Salafi Threat Shakes Arab Rule |
| The dramatic downfall of the Mubarak clan |
| Electonic Weapons: Where Looks CAN Kill |
| Counter Terrorism: Libyans Ordered To Attack NATO |
| Anthony Manduca: An Arab revolt in Syria |
| Sami Moubayed: The New Syrian Party Law |
| Uri Avnery: The Settler State |
| The Middle East: Allies in Disarray |
| Francesca Green: Fear and loathing in Syria |
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| April 17 |
| Syria: Who is the real President Assad? |
| Analysis: Assad's speech seen as same old vows by Syria's
opposition |
| Aluf Benn: The Arab revolution has lost its naivety |
| Justice for dictators may backfire in more violence |
| Ties remain strained, but Turkey and Israel keep on
trading |
| Middle East: U.S. "democracy" advisors
suddenly in demand |
| Egypt: Islamic hardliners becoming aggressive |
| Libya: Operation Libyan Freedom |
| Zvi Bar'el : Palestinians are tired of Israel's political
swindling |
| Gideon Levy: The destructive reign of Avigdor Lieberman |
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| April 16 |
| Why Syria's president doesn't like Fridays |
| Syria's silent majority will determine next step as
protests grow |
| Dissident with two names says Syria months from freedom |
| Syria: At the point of no return |
| Rime Allaf: A twist in Syria's sobriety |
| Karim Emile Bitar: Paying lip service to resistance does
not provide immunity |
| Diana Mukkaled: Syria's dilemma |
| Elias Samo: Weathering the storm |
| Portfolio: Russian Energy Windfall |
| Syria: World must stand with Syrian people against
tyranny |
| Amir Taheri: The dove of peace over the American
capital |
| Bassel Oudat: Demanding agenda in Damascus |
| 'Matter of Policy’: Gaza War and Goldstone’s
Moral Collapse |
| Egypt's Islamists: The Big Bad Wolf |
| Syria: Security amongst the student ranks? |
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| April 15 |
| Syria Teeters on the Edge - David Schenker and Andre Tabler |
| Andrew Tabler: Twisting Assad's Arm |
| For Iran and its state media, Syrian unrest is either a
non-issue or a foreign plot |
| Arab uprisings scramble regional power structure of
Saudi Arabia, Iran |
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| April 14 |
| US: Iran helping Syria's Assad put down protests |
| Document 'details Syrian chilling plan to attack
protesters' |
| Iran helping Assad put down pro-democracy protests, U.S.
says |
| Syria: Security amongst the student ranks? |
| Egypt: An ant threatening an elephant |
| Soumaya Ghannoushi: While the Saudi elite looks
nervously abroad, a revolution is happening |
| Hugh Macleod: Syria’s cyber revolution |
| First panic in Assad regime: High Syrian officials
evacuate families |
| Carsten Wieland: Asad's Lost Chances |
| Hamad Al-Majed: Hamas and the Iranian life-line |
| Andrew Bacevich: Making all the wrong moves in the
Middle East |
| Analysis: Lieberman indictment could change Israeli
coalition |
| The Arab Spring: Is This the Syrian Regime's Playbook? |
| Analysis: Israel's Iron Dome |
| Factfile:
Syrian opposition groups and figures |
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| April 13 |
| Simon Henderson: Iran's Shadow over Reform in Bahrain |
| Syria: The devil we know |
| Clouds of war hover over Gaza |
| In Egypt, is it the army vs. the revolution? |
| Oksana Balinskaya: My Years as Gaddafi’s Nurse |
| Libyan woman recounts gang rape by Gadhafi troops |
| Analysis: Obstacles to a Cease-Fire in Libya |
| Turkish Turmoil: Obstruction in Libya, Interference in
Syria, Discrimination at Home |
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| April 12 |
| Peter Harling:
Syria's race against the clock |
| George Friedman: The Arab Risings, Israel and Hamas |
| Saudi Arabia: Second Fukushima if Iranian Bushehr
activated in May |
| James Phillips: Time for the Obama Administration to
Support Freedom in Syria |
| Nir Boms: Dominoes and Syrian winds |
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| April 11 |
| Internal Hamas rift snags efforts to end Israeli-Gaza
fighting |
| Syria: Far from solutions |
| Aaidh al-Qarni: Arabs and the conspiracy complex |
| Yassin al-Haj Saleh: Prisoner of Damascus |
| Raghida Dergham: Beyond the "Arab Spring" and
Obama's Options |
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| April 10 |
| Nicholas Blanford: Can the Syrian regime divide and
conquer its opposition? |
| Amir Taheri: The Middle East and its myths |
| A Profile of Musa Kusa: From Envoy of Death to Gaddafi
defector |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid: Falling into Ahmadinejad's trap |
| Brian Whitaker: Syria has heard all this reform talk
before |
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| April 9 |
| In Israel, the Shadow of a New Gaza War |
| Giulio Meotti: The Noose Around Israel's Throat |
| Syrian protests are said to be largest and bloodiest to
date |
| Robert Fisk: Beware men of power who turn to writing
books |
| Time running out for Israel and peace talks |
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| April 8 |
| The War in Libya and the "Arab Spring": A
Reason roundtable |
| Tariq Alhomayed :Iran backs the regime at the expense
of the Syrian people |
| Mshari Al-Zaydi: In order not to harm the Gulf's Shia |
| Osman Mirghani: Arab revolutions and the Israeli role |
| Adel Al Toraifi: How do the conservatives in Tehran
think? |
| Syria: A cycle of violence may take hold |
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| April 7 |
| What happens when dictatorships actually succeed? |
| Gary Gambil:
Assad's Survival Strategy |
| Iran's Blue-Collar Revolution |
| Richard Haass: The Revolution Stops Here |
| Factfile: Syria's military: what does Assad have? |
| Immaculate Intervention: The Wars of Humanitarianism |
| Srinath Raghavan: Diplomatic gulf |
| The Reagan and Obama "Doctrines" vs. the State
Department |
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| April 6 |
| Turkey: The sultans of swing |
| In first Damascus firefight, 2 Syrian policemen, 15
demonstrators shot dead |
| Is Assad capable of reform? |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Iran is the biggest danger |
| Arnaud de Borcgrave: Celebrity diplomacy |
| Nicola Nasser: Where US Chooses to Back ‘Armed
Struggle’ |
| Israel and Turkey: Time to Reconcile |
| John Feffer: The Geopolitics of Stupidity |
| Misunder standing Bahrain's Shia Protesters |
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| April 5 |
| Patrick Seale: Is the Syrian Regime in Danger? |
| Robert Fisk: Let the images of war speak for themselves |
| Michael Brenner: Obama on Moving Sands |
| Robert Fisk: Assad: The Arab Spring stops here |
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| April 4 |
| Syria: The Republic of Fear |
| Glenn Kessler: Hillary Clinton’s uncredible
statement on Syria |
| Ahmed Al-Jarallah: Tehran breeds regional crises |
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| April 3 |
| Analysis: Arab revolts set to transform Middle East |
| Middle East crisis: Inside Syria's ruling family |
| Lee Smith: Will Syria’s Assad be the next to fall? |
| Libyan conflict descending into stalemate as US winds
down air strikes |
| Arab autocrats incredulous as people revolt |
| Syria: Praying by identity card |
| Obama at war: A study in ambiguity |
| David Ignatius: The Libya liquidation strategy |
| Syria: Assad's hesitation in facing extremism
"grave mistake" |
| Adel Al Toraifi: Al-Assad between demonstrations and
isolation |
| Libya: Is the tale of Tripoli different to any other
conflict? |
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| April 2 |
| Amir Taheri: Syria on the boil, unrest is growing |
| Emboldened Gulf Arabs speak out against Iran |
| Palestine leader tilts at September statehood |
| 20 UN staff killed by Afghan mob enraged over Florida
Quran burning |
| Rami Khouri: Syria is not immune to rolling revolts |
| Ex-Mujahedeen help lead Libyan rebels |
| At least 12 killed in anti-government rallies in Syria |
| Critics: Syrian leader may be squandering goodwill |
| At least 4 killed in anti-government protests across
Syria |
| Simon Henderson: Qatar's Quest to Become the Leading Arab
State |
| Michael Singh: A White House Divided on Syria |
| Analysis: Assad's tough Syrian gamble may pay off |
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| April 1 |
| Security Weekly: AQAP and the Vacuum of Authority in Yemen |
| Israel planning to build island off the Gaza Strip |
| Libya: Is the West playing into al-Qaeda's hands? |
| Libya: Will Moussa Koussa regret his decision to defect? |
| Syria: the boldness of Bashar al-Assad |
| Simon Scott Plummer: In the shadow of Assad |
| Libya vs. Bahrain: Danger of the West's double standard |
| Analysis: Syria status quo serves Israelis and
Palestinians |
| Feature: Pious Libyan rebels insist they're not Al-Qaeda |
