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| August 31 |
| Patrick Seale: Syria's Assad on the Ropes? |
| Rami Khouri: Assad: Strong but Encircled and Vulnerable |
| Syrian businessmen fear slow economic death |
| Arab Spring an 'intel disaster' for West |
| Majid Rafizadeh: Will Assad Survive? |
| Syria and Iran's Power Calculus |
| Feature: Turkey's need for Israel's UAVs may rehabilitate
their relationship |
| Ali Ibrahim: Looking for the Damascene Abdul Jalil |
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| August 30 |
| Libya: A Premature Victory Celebration |
| Turkey, Iran and even Hezbollah begin to re-think Syria |
| Some fear war, foreign intervention in Syria |
| Most US Muslims feel targeted by terror policies |
| Analysis:Turkey running out of patience with Assad |
| Anthony
Rusonik: The case for Israeli intervention in Syria |
| Agenda: With George Friedman on the U.N. Vote for
Palestinian Statehood |
| Benni Avn:
Keys to helping Syria’s rebels |
| Mira
Adler-Gillies: The Israel revolution has not arrived |
| Caroline B.
Glick: The perils of a remilitarized Sinai |
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| August 29 |
| Hezbollah, Iran and Arab League call for reforms in Syria |
| Syrian businessmen signal revulsion with Assad's regime |
| Despite provocation, Syria's powerful tribes cling to
peaceful protests |
| Why the fall of Tripoli will not be another Baghdad |
| Libya: Expel the Salafis! |
| Hussein
Shobokshi: The Syrian regime's clearance sale |
| Hezbollah, Iran and Arab League call for reforms in Syria |
| Robert Fisk: Prosecuting war crimes? Be sure to read the
small print |
| Colonel Gaddafi's political obituary: the end of the
'Brother Leader' |
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| August 28 |
| What Tyrants Learned From Libya |
| Libya: Gilded Traces of the Lives Qaddafis Led |
| Where is Colonel Gaddafi? |
| Nizar Abdel-Kader: The fate of the Assad dynasty |
| Possible scenarios that await troubled Syria |
| Desperately seeking Qaddafi's brigade of beautiful
bodyguards |
| Libya threatens to become terrorist arms depot |
| Salwa Ismail: Bashar al-Assad's fall is inevitable |
| M K Bhadrakumar: Israel turns tables on Turkey |
| Syria: Al-Assad says it’s a moral crisis! |
| Gaddafi's Libya: Blacker than September |
| Ahmed Younis: Is there space for Americans in the
Muslim Ummah? |
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| August 27 |
| U.S., Israel Monitor Suspected Syrian WMD |
| Syria: Country Profile |
| Syria: Turkey v. Iran |
| In Syria: From conspiracy to vox populi |
| Feature: Nakba Day during the Arab Spring |
| Libya: Pandora's box or coffer of jewels? |
| Genieve Abdo: How Iran Keeps Assad in Power in Syria |
| Ten years later, does the U.S. have what it takes for the
war on terror? |
| Raghida Dergham: The international 'defiant' camp and the
questions of Libya and Syria |
| The end of Gaddafi: A message to Syria and Yemen? |
| Syria: It would be better if the Arab League
didn’t meet |
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| August 26 |
| Iraq: How not to overthrow a dictator |
| Iran: Some urge caution in aiding Assad |
| Ali Safavi: Moment of truth for Iran |
| Robert Fisk: History repeats itself, with mistakes of
Iraq rehearsed afresh |
| The political wasteland of ‘sultanistic’
dictatorships |
| Harlan Ullman: The 'LES' countries |
 The
Strategic Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| August 25 |
| Gary C. Gambill: Assad
Knows What He's Doing |
| Analysis: After Arab Revolts, Reigns of Uncertainty |
| Libya After Gadhafi: Transitioning from Rebellion to
Rule |
| Martin Indyk: Obama’s Belated Syria Hard Line |
| Shadi Hamid: The Major Roadblock to Muslim Assimilation
in Europe |
| Above the Tearline: A Window of Opportunity For a
Rendition in Libya |
| Syrian lawyers break ranks with Assad's regime to lead
sit-in protests |
| Dispatch: Romania's Role in Europe's Geopolitical Trends |
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| August 24 |
| Robrt Fisk: How long before the dominoes fall? |
| Analysis: Waves of disinformation and confusion swamp
the truth in Libya |
| No one doubts that Gaddafi has lost. The question is:
who has won? |
| "Arab Spring' Gives Way to an Uncertain Autumn |
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| August 23 |
| Sinai crisis could spark Egypt-Israel war |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave: New world disorder |
| George Friedman: Israeli-Arab Crisis Approaching |
| Robert Fisk: Arab Spring will last for years now it's in full flow |
| Anthony Shadid: Dissent in Syria emerges as front line of Arab
uprisings |
| Dispatch: Libyan Rebel Success and the Problems Ahead |
| Mystery of Qaddafi's whereabouts looms large in
conflict's endgame |
| Martin Walker: The new economy |
| Tariq Alhomayed: The world after Gaddafi |
| Implications of the Negev Terrorist Incident |
| Abdel Monem Said: The day after the Revolution |
| Andrew Tabler: Three Ways to Help Push Asad Aside |
| Mshari Al-Zaydi: The Dervish Dance is over |
| Hussein Shoboksh: Bashar Leave! |
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| August 22 |
| Raghida Dergham: The New Alliance Troubling Tehran |
| The Gadhafi exit strategy |
| Analysis: Victory hands new set of problems to Libya
rebels |
| Libyan rebels enter Tripoli without resistance: Where's
Muammar? |
| Analysis: Row over killings shows Egypt-Israel ties
cooling |
| Why Turkey's Kurdish conflict is making a worrying
comeback |
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| August 21 |
| Analysis: Uneasy transition awaits post-Assad Syria |
| Analysis: Once-safe Egyptian border becomes threat for
Israel |
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| August 20 |
| Analysis: Hamas ends de facto cease-fire with Israel |
| Reza Aslan: The Coming Showdown in Israel |
| Caroline Glick: Blood in the streets |
| Dispatch: Attacks in Israel Represent a New Regional
Threat |
| Syria raises tension with Turkey in new border move |
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| August 19 |
| Syria’s uprising: Bashar goes ballistic |
| Bloody attack along Egyptian border reveals weakening
control |
| Attack in the Israeli Desert: 'It Wasn't Supposed to End
This Way' |
| Iran's Suicide Rate Soars |
| Palestinian Factions Reconsider Relations with Assad |
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| August 18 |
| Mahan Abedin: Iran
banks all on Assad's survival |
| Analysis: Iraq juggles interests over Syria crisis |
| A Willingness to Kill: Repression in Syria |
| Michael Singh: The U.S. Needs to Speak Clearly on Syria |
| Dispatch: Turkish-Iranian Coordination on Syria and the
Saudi Factor |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Turkey's deadline for al-Assad |
| Ali Ibrahim: Egypt's identity |
| Adel Al Toraifi: Did the Syrian Spring spoil the
Supreme Leader's night? |
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| August 17 |
| Dispatch: Why Turkey and Israel Are Concerned About
Syrian Instability |
| A problem on Turkey's door that only Ankara can solve |
| Former regime insider says only democracy can save Syria |
| Andrew Tabler: Cranking Up Pressure on Syria |
| Adil Awadh: The fall of the 'Arabian' Wall |
| Michael Zantovsky: Spring's hope eternal |
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| August 16 |
| Analysis: Syrian offensive risks backfiring on Assad |
| Economic forces could bring Syrian regime to its knee |
| George Friedman: Re-Examining the Arab Spring |
| Factfile:
Syria's energy sector |
| Curse of the Mubarak Trial: A Pestilence of Lawyers |
| Syria's City of Graves: Hama and Its History of
Massacres |
| These indiscriminate killers leave their deadly legacy
from Libya to Lebanon |
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| August 15 |
| Mossad's Miracle Weapon: Stuxnet Virus Opens New Era of
Cyber War |
| Analysis: Iran sees ally Syria surrounded by U.S., Arab
"wolves" |
| Raghida Dergham: Turkey and Iran's Tug on Syria |
| James Dorsey: Syria fuels schism between Sunnis and
Shiites |
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| August 14 |
| Syria uprising may lead to regional war |
| Besieged city of Hama has long been in Syrian regime's
sights |
| Khamenei won't support Assad to the end |
| George Jonas: The Middle East conflict, in 1000 words or
less |
| Turkey threatens to join international military action in
Syria |
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| August 13 |
| Iran agrees to fund Syrian military base |
| Mideast upheavals open doors for Saudi strategies |
| Qaeda trying to harness toxin for bombs, U.S. officials
fear |
| Perry's candidacy poses threat to Middle East |
| Soner Cagaptay: Turkish-Syrian Ties Worsen |
| Daniel Green: The Persistence of President Saleh |
| Dissent in Damascus' Shadows: Driving Around Syria's
Capital |
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| August 12 |
| Khaled Diab: The Arab spring's bottom line |
| Adel Al Toraifi: Syria on the road of chaos |
| Assad's enemies get ready to dismember Syria |
| The Alawites and Israel |
| The al-Assad Regime: Dirty secrets |
| Syria: What now? |
| Alon Ben-Meir: Escaping the Israel Ghetto |
| Syria: Assad’s Blunders in Dealing with the Arab Spring |
| In Egypt's Bedouin Badlands: No Police Allowed |
| Joshua Landis: Syrians must win the revolution on their own |
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| August 11 |
| Turkey won't let Syria become another Iraq |
| Support for Assad regime shows signs of weakening |
| Syria and Turkey: The farewell meeting |
| Damascus: Is anybody listening? |
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| August 10 |
| In Tumult, New Hope for Palestinian Cause |
| Iran: The Generals Take Over |
| Saudi Arabia Tells Syria: "Stop the Killing
Machine" |
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| August 9 |
| Analysis: Saudi switch against Syria's Assad is blow to
Iran |
| Global Economic Downturn: A Crisis of Political Economy |
| Analysis: Why Syria's ruling elite won't yield easily |
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| August 8 |
| Fouad Ajami: As Syrians rise in revolt, Assad emulates
his father's cruelty |
| Bahrain - The divided kingdom |
| James Dorsey: Assad unites world against him |
| Jim Hoagland: Why the Arab Spring still needs
America’s help |
| Akiva Eldar: Why are we not hearing from President Peres? |
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| August 7 |
| Syrian opposition admits insurgents are operating on
fringe of uprising |
| City of Aleppo seems in own world amid revolt elsewhere
in Syria |
| US and Iran: working together in Iraq |
| Amir Taheri: Turkey and the Neo-Ottoman dream |
| Middle East: Reshaping the Balance of Power |
 WORKING MODEL OF THE
SYRIAN OPPOSITION |
| Syria: Massacre City |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Neither Syria nor the world has
changed! |
| Osman Mirghani: The next US revolution |
| Syria: Not a state? |
| US and Iran: Avoiding the rational |
| Iraq: End of the empire |
| Syria: A ticking bomb |
| Review: 'Faith Misplaced' by Ussama Makdisi |
| Egypt: Mubarak On Trial |
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| August 6 |
| Analysis: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the battle of Syria |
| Agenda: Regional Effects of the Syrian Crisis |
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| August 5 |
| Syrian Army Shows Growing Signs of Strain |
| Syrian protesters reject Assad gesture amid fresh
bloodshed |
| Michael Young: Give Obama an ‘F’ in the Middle East |
| Egypt's Revolution Brought to a Halt? |
| Islam and democracy: Uneasy companions |
| Michael Eisenstadt: Rolling Back Tehran's Veil of Nuclear
Ambiguity |
| Iran: Ahmadinejad and the infallible Imam |
| Syria's
energy Sector: Its importance in sanctioning Assad regime and supporting reformers |
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| August 4 |
| Orontes River Runs Red, Syrian Guns Pound Hama |
| Dispatch: Shifting Turkey's Military to Foreign Policy |
| Mossad Behind Tehran Assassinations, Says Source |
| Middle East Rings in New Era with Mubarak Trial |
| Fighting Grassroots Terrorism: How Local Vigilance Can
Help |
| Geopolitical Journey: Indonesia's Global Significance |
| Dispatch: Russian Privatization and Modernization |
| The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Arab Awakening |
| The World From Berlin: 'Assad Has Little to Fear From
the West' |
| Daniel Doron: Israel's Cottage-Cheese Rebellion |
| Editorial: Like father, like son in Syria |
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| August 3 |
| Why Arab leaders are largely silent on Syria's brutal
crackdown |
| The Last Stand of Bashar al-Assad |
| Thomas Friedman: New 'Hama Rules' likely to supplant older version |
| Report: Syrian army stretched amid uprising |
| Key dates in the life of Egypt's Mubarak |
| Syria: Tired slogans and a looming dawn |
| Syria: Why Damascus, Aleppo are silent for now |
| Syria: Closing mosques and launching satellite
television channels |
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| August 2 |
| Analysis: Syria's Assad embarks on path of no return |
| Analysis: Syria - Is it on the threshold of a civil war? |
| Factfile: Sanctions imposed on Syria |
| Egyptian forces roust Tahrir Square sit-in |
| Syria: To topple Assad, it takes a minority |
| From iron fist to iron bars: Mubarak goes on trial |
| Turkey: What if They Called a Coup and Nobody Came? |
| Jeremy Hammond: The future is Palestine |
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| August 1 |
| Syria teeters on the brink |
| Massacre in Syria : Is Hama last nail in coffin of Assad
regime? |
| Assad sends in his death squads. Students of Lebanon and
Rwanda, take note |
| The End for Assad? High Ranking Officers Desert, Join
Rebels |
| Soner Cagaptay: Turkey's High-Stakes Power Struggle |
| As protests grow, Syrian regime gets religion |
| Egypt: Are we looking at Egyptistan? |
| Violence Grips Cairo as Revolution Stalls |
| Has
Syria's civil war finally begun? |
| Syrian
Generals Defect – Announce Formation of Free Syrian Army to Fight Assad (Video) |
| Iran: Another number-two draws the number zero |
| Iraqis Dusts Off F-16s Order |
| Ibrahim Kalin: Islamophobia is a crime against humanity
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| Tariq Alhomayed: Iraqi government is partner in Syrian
bloodshed |
| Libyan rebels say Islamist militia shot dead military
chief |
