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Weekly Reading List May 13 - 19 2013

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:23:18 +0000

New York Times reports on the outrages prices of KFC chicken in the Gaza Strip...smuggled from Egypt in underground tunnels! Read also about clashes in Tunisia between militant Islamists and security forces, fresh crackdown on dissenters in Saudi Arabia, and a new peak in violence in Iraq.

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Why No Solution to Syrian Conflict

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:35:08 +0000

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron are discussing the crisis in Syria during bilateral talks in Washington today, as diplomatic efforts to find a political solution gather pace. Again.

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Weekly Reading List May 6 - 12 2013

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:19:07 +0000

The BBC and the Guardian write about the ceasefire between the Turkish government and Kurdish separatist rebels, and how the deal could affect the wider region. See also why the scientist Stephen Hawking joined the international academic boycott of Israel, and the latest on presidential elections in Iran.

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Weekly Reading List April 29 - May 5 2013

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:38:36 +0000

Marc Lynch at the Foreign Policy magazine writes how the civil war in Syria derailed the Arab Spring in the Middle East. Read also on the latest developments in Iraq, Syria's neighbor which suffers from similar internal divisions, and the inability of the Egyptian opposition to stand up to the Islamists.

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Who Supports the Syrian Regime?

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:28:05 +0000

Israeli war jets struck targets in and around Damascus on Friday and again on Sunday morning, ostensibly to thwart a shipment of advanced missiles that the Syrian army was planning to supply to Hezbollah militants in Lebanon (see CNN report).

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Weekly Reading List April 22- 28 2013

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:31:09 +0000

Christopher M. Davidson at the Foreign Policy magazine argues that the Arab Spring is around the corner for the oil-rich Gulf Arab countries, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Political tension is rising as the nervous governments seek to lock up online critics and stifle public debate. Read also about the sectarian tension in north of Iraq turning bloody, the upcoming elections in Iran, and the latest on the Syrian civil war.

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Israeli Position on Syrian Conflict

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:00:22 +0000

The bloody events in Syria have not been unfavorable for Israel so far. The rebellion next door has weakened, possibly terminally, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, one of Israel's most implacable foes.

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Weekly Reading List April 15 - 21 2013

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:41:04 +0000

John Ware of the BBC looks at Israeli society as the Jewish state turns 65. Economically successful, militarily formidable, but faces with a rapidly evolving region, growing Palestinian population on occupied territories, and the growing clout of religious conservatives and right-wing groups at home. In other news, read about the protests in Bahrain during this weekend's Formula 1 Grand Prix, and religious tension in Iraq ahead of local elections.

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Islamism in the Middle East

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:32:37 +0000

Egyptian Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky has resigned over the weekend, reports the BBC, in protest against demands by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi for the judiciary to be "cleansed" of former regime supporters.

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Weekly Reading List April 8 - 14 2013

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:23:49 +0000

The civil war in Syria remains the main story, following the recent formalization of ties between Al Qaeda and one of Syria's strongest rebel groups. Read also about growing Islamization in Hamas-ruled Gaza strip, and why some Iranians are emigrating to Georgia.

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