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Weekly Reading List August 20 - 25 2013 26 Aug 2013 | 07:55 am
A chemical weapons attack in Syria last week killed hundreds of people, pushing the US and the West to up the rhetoric against the Syrian regime and threaten military action. But an intervention in Sy...
Egypt Crisis: Main Players 21 Aug 2013 | 02:37 pm
The crisis in Egypt has entered a new phase with the killing last week of hundreds of supporters of the deposed president Mohammed Morsi, shot by the security services in what was probably the bloodie...
Weekly Reading List August 12 - 19 2013 20 Aug 2013 | 08:25 am
Egyptian military backed by a good portion of the population has pushed for a wholesale crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, arresting its leaders, with reported plans to ban the organisation from pol...
The Threat of Al Qaeda in Yemen 13 Aug 2013 | 09:33 am
US has reopened most of its embassies in the Middle East and North Africa, following last week's terror alert that prompted a wholesale lockdown of US diplomatic posts across the region. ... Read Fu...
Weekly Reading List August 5 - 11 2013 12 Aug 2013 | 07:40 am
A new bloodbath could happen in Cairo in the next days, as Egyptian military prepares to clear a sit-in by Islamist protesters demanding the return of ex-president Mohammed Morsi. Where is the US in t...
Current Situation in Tunisia 7 Aug 2013 | 10:21 am
Tens of thousands of Tunisians are on the streets again, demanding the resignation of the Islamist-led government (see BBC report). The latest crisis to hit Tunisia's stalled transition from the Arab ...
Weekly Reading List July 29 - August 4 5 Aug 2013 | 07:44 am
US embassies in the Middle East and elsewhere in Muslim countries were shut over the weekend, after intelligence agencies picked up a terror threat reportedly linked to one of Al Qaeda's branches. The...
Political Violence in the Middle East: What Next for the Arab Spring? 30 Jul 2013 | 09:54 am
If the Arab Spring in 2011 unleashed social forces that pushed for democratic reform and a more equitable economic model, two years later the depressing reality is one of a raw battle for power. ... ...
The Current Situation in Qatar 24 Jul 2013 | 07:48 am
The chaotic developments in Egypt following the overthrow of ex-president Mohammed Morsi are of huge significance to the wider region. The Middle East is grappling with the stalled push for democracy ...
Weekly Reading List July 15 - 21 2013 22 Jul 2013 | 01:48 pm
Details of what exactly happened in the weeks leading to the removal of Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi earlier this month are slowly coming in. The Wall Street Journal talked to some of the p...
