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Regional and related topics
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Defense One
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Mona Yacoubian |
2.20.2018
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The winding down of the U.S.-led campaign against ISIS has re-exposed all of the latent fault lines in Syria, provoking new conflicts....
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More than two-thirds of the public see economic conditions as somewhat or very bad, according to a survey last month by Toronto-based IranPoll for the...
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Gallup
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Zacc Ritter |
2.20.2018
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Residents of allied nations (those that have formal alliances with the U.S.) are less likely to approve of U.S. leadership under Trump than are those...
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Arab News
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Frank Kane |
2.20.2018
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If the Chinese and other Asian economies slow down as a result of a trade war, it is bad news for the region’s biggest export...
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Reuters
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Arshad Mohammed, John Irish and Robin Emmott |
2.20.2018
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The United States has sketched out a path under which three key European allies would simply commit to try to improve the Iran nuclear deal...
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The Middle East has a knack for sucking external powers into its conflicts. China’s ventures into the region have shown how difficult it is to maintain...
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Special forces trained by the United Arab Emirates - a key member of a Saudi-led alliance fighting alongside Yemen's government forces - over the weekend...
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BuzzFeed
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Mitch Prothero and Annabelle Azade |
2.19.2018
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Forty-four are in a government program that houses and educates them and is evaluating them for extremist beliefs or trauma. But government officials say the...
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UPI
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Daniel Uria |
2.19.2018
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Islamic State militants ambushed a convoy and killed at least 27 Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces fighters in Iraq, the militia said....
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Gulf Business
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Robert Anderson |
2.20.2018
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Dubai developer Nakheel has awarded a Dhs4.2bn ($1.14bn) construction contract for its upcoming Deira Mall to United Engineering Construction (UNEC).
The company said the new shopping...
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GlobalData expects the major oil and gas producing countries in the Middle East will offer opportunities for investment in 2018. A key event will be...
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Syrian pro-government forces will help Syrian Kurds fighting against a Turkish offensive in north-west Syria, Syria's state news agency reports....
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Quartz
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Steve Mollman |
2.19.2018
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Many PLA projects, including the AG600, are designed to help China assert itself as an emerging maritime power....
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Washington Post
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Jason Lyall and Rebecca Wolfe |
2.19.2018
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Working with Kosuke Imai and Yang-Yang Zhou of Princeton University, we took up the challenge of experimentally evaluating the effectiveness of livelihood training and cash...
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The National
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Massoud A Derhally |
2.19.2018
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Dubai-based ride-sharing company Careem which competes with Uber, acquired RoundMenu, a restaurant listing and food ordering platform that operates across the Arab world, its chief...
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The United States is still unsure who directed a February 7 attack on US and US-backed forces in Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on...
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Engadget
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Jon Fingas |
2.19.2018
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Despite what it seems, Netflix isn't a dominant force everywhere on the planet. In fact, it's struggling in the Middle East and northern Africa --...
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The survey of six Middle Eastern countries showed that $366.6 billion in wage income and 20.8 million full-time equivalent employees are associated with activities that...
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Bloomberg
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David Wainer |
2.19.2018
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The lead partners in Israel’s largest gas fields said they signed a $15 billion export deal with Egypt, adding an economic dimension to what until...
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Egypt's military says three troops, including an officer, were killed in restive Sinai in fighting with militants....
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A lawyer says two Kuwaiti ruling family members have been found guilty of insulting the country’s National Assembly speaker....
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Relatives of 66 people who were on board a plane that crashed in Iran are desperately waiting for any news....
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In his speech, Mr Netanyahu drew a parallel between the 1938 Munich Agreement, seen as a failed attempt to appease Nazi Germany, and the 2015...
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