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The March 17 air strike, which the U.S. military acknowledged conducting on Saturday, struck a neighborhood in the suburb of Mosul al-Jadida, where ISIS fighters...
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Foreign Policy
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Dan DeLuce and Paul McLeary |
3.27.2017
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Several Defense officials told Foreign Policy the prospect of more American help for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen was under discussion even as the administration...
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Reuters
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Angus McDowall and Suleiman Al-Khalidi |
3.27.2017
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A U.S.-backed Syrian alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias on Sunday took a military airport in northern Syria held by Islamic State, close to the...
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The National
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Mohammed Al-Qalisi |
3.27.2017
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Chewing qat is a tradition in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa that can be traced back thousands of years, and according to...
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Arab airlines are using witty marketing and satire to respond to the recent US and UK ban on carry-on electronic goods on inbound flights from...
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Brink News
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Bill Heath and Robert Peterson |
3.27.2017
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Squeezed by smaller capital budgets, cut by 60 percent down to $200 billion in the past two years, oil and gas companies are prioritizing investments...
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Washington Post
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Ruth Eglash and Hazem Balousha |
3.26.2017
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Hamas closed its only civilian border crossing with Israel on Sunday, and Israeli troops were on high alert as tensions between the two enemies continued...
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Fortune
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Amanda Kadlec and Christopher S. Chivvis |
3.27.2017
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A Russian move into Libya would put the Trump team in an extremely tough spot. The U.S. has invested time and energy in supporting the...
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Crop failures brought on by climate change, combined with conflicts that have forced entire villages from their land, have caused the onset of famine in...
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators today introduced a bill that would impose tighter U.S. sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile program and other...
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“Bezos and Amazon are coming to the Middle East, setting up the mother of all battles with the locals,” says one regional internet entrepreneur. “The...
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CNET
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Chris Matyszczyk |
3.24.2017
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Royal Jordanian Airlines took to Twitter on Thursday to offer its light-hearted -- or, perhaps, exasperated -- perspective on the matter....
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A top general overseeing the U.S.-led coalition's air campaign against the Islamic State group pushed back Thursday against claims warplanes under his command are being...
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The analysis explores the resulting trends in regional and national security spending in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using a variety of...
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The Atlantic
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Adam Chandler |
3.24.2017
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After years of reported airstrikes in Syria, the Israeli ambassador in Moscow was suddenly summoned to explain his country’s recent attack....
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NPR News
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Bill Chappel |
3.24.2017
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Six years after the Arab Spring, Egypt's former leader Hosni Mubarak has left a military hospital and is heading home. Mubarak, 88 and ailing, was...
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Reuters
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Libby George |
3.24.2017
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Oil edged higher on Friday, boosted by hopes that an OPEC output cut was beginning to balance a long-oversupplied market, but benchmark prices were on...
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Defense One
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Simon Cottee |
3.24.2017
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Despite claiming responsibility for attacks like the one in London, the group is dying. It will retain the ability to inspire....
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A statement published by the group's Amaq propaganda agency said a "soldier of the Islamic State" had carried out the atrocity by the Houses of...
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NBC News
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Phil McCausland |
3.24.2017
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"I've seen the influence of Russia of late — increased influence in terms of association and perhaps even supply to the Taliban," Gen. Scaparrotti said....
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Now, we ask Americans to assist us as we restore our infrastructure and diversity and partially privatize our economy....
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Gallup
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Jeffrey M. Jones |
3.24.2017
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Slightly more Americans now oppose (53%) rather than favor (46%) opening up land owned by the federal government for oil exploration. In prior years, a...
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