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OPINION

Refugees: Iraq's Unspoken Crisis

US must rebuild shattered lives now or face decades of disorder: Kristof

Jun 26, 08 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof travels to Jordan to report on one of the unintended consequences of the Iraq war: a regional refugee crisis. About 2 million Iraqis, mostly Sunnis, have fled since the war, living mostly in Jordan and Syria in deplorable conditions. "They are the... More »

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Iraq • Jordan • Middle East • Syria • Sunnis • Iraqi refugees • Iraq war

Rockets Hit Israel, Olmert Ends Ceasefire

Islamic Jihad militants call Gaza Strip attack revenge for raid

Jun 24, 08 9:48 AM CDT
(AP) - Police say three Palestinian rockets have hit southern Israel and Ehud Olmert's office says the ceasefire that took effect last week has been broken. Islamic Jihad militants in the Gaza Strip say they carried out the attack to avenge an Israeli military raid that killed one of their fighters in... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Palestine • West Bank • truce • rockets

 Gaza Truce Takes Hold 

Skeptics wary of future of the ceasefire

Jun 19, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(AP) - Guns went quiet as a six-month truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants took effect early today, despite widespread skepticism about its longevity. If the quiet holds, Israel will ease its blockade on Sunday to allow larger shipments of some supplies. A week later Israel is to further ease restrictions... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • ceasefire

 Taliban Said
 Routed Near
 Kandahar 

NATO forces help kill 56 insurgents in 'successful airstrikes'

Jun 19, 08 7:21 AM CDT
(AP) - Yesterday's swift offensive by Afghan and NATO forces drove Taliban militants from a strategic group of villages outside southern Afghanistan's largest city and killed 56 insurgents, Afghan officials said today. The Afghan National Army has taken control of the villages, a defense ministry spokesman said, but militants had planted hundreds... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • Middle East • insurgents • Arghandab

 Israel Invites Lebanon to Talks 

Disputed sliver along border on table; offer follows Rice visit to region

Jun 18, 08 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel today invited the Lebanese government to direct negotiations, adding that it would be willing to discuss all issues, including a long-disputed area along their border, the New York Times reports. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who visited both nations earlier this week, is attempting to use negotiation over... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Condoleezza Rice • Hezbollah • border dispute

OPINION

Obama: The Muslim World's Candidate

Win or not, clinching nomination gives US huge boost abroad

Jun 11, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Egypt is the latest foreign spot where US journalists are finding support for the candidacy of Barack Obama, with Thomas Friedman, in the New York Times, finding "Egyptians are amazed, excited, and agog that America might elect a black man whose father’s family was of Muslim heritage.... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • Egypt • Cairo • Thomas Friedman

 'Sisters' Colleges 
 Recruit in Middle East 

Single-sex education remains strong in region

Jun 3, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facing fewer applicants than comparable co-ed institutions around the US, representatives of top women’s colleges toured the Middle East this spring on a recruiting mission, the New York Times reports. While women’s colleges have become a niche market for US applicants, single-sex education remains widespread in the Middle... More »

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Middle East • women • college admissions • higher education • college • Smith College • Wellesley

Analysis

Distracted US Finds Mideast Clout Waning

With clock ticking on Bush administration, hard-line tactics fail

May 26, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush Administration's problems are hardly confined to abysmal domestic approval ratings, writes veteran Reuters journalist Jonathan Wright. Middle Eastern leaders are paying less and less attention to the lame-duck president, who spoke of the need to isolate Hamas during a visit to Egypt last week—even as his host... More »

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Bush administration • Israel • Middle East • Syria • US foreign policy • Egypt • George W. Bush

ANALYSIS

Lebanon Pays High Price to Avert Civil War

Deal achieves short-term peace, but strengthens Hezbollah

May 22, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The agreement that ended Lebanon's 18-month political crisis is nothing less than a sea change for the country, writes the Washington Post, strengthening Hezbollah and dealing a blow to America and its Middle East allies. The US-backed government in Beirut said that the last-minute deal averted a civil war, but... More »

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Middle East • Lebanon • Hezbollah • civil war • Beirut • Saad al-Hariri • Michel Suleiman • Rafiq al-Hariri

 Bush Issues Arab
 To-Do List 

Improve economies, women's rights, democracy to make peace possible

May 18, 08 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush addressed Arab leaders at the World Economic Forum today, urging them to make the changes necessary to achieve peace in the region. Citing improving women's rights, strengthening their economies, and bolstering democracy as the major goals, Bush reprised some of the same language from his speech last week... More »

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Middle East • democracy • women's rights • Egypt • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • World Economic Forum • George W. Bush

OPINION

Iran Outsmarting US in New Cold War in Mideast

America is too dumb, weak right now to counter, Friedman says

May 14, 08 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The new cold war is being waged between America and Iran, and Iran is winning hands down, Thomas L Friedman writes in the New York Times. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's nation has built up influence from Iraq to Lebanon, with power over Iraq's prime minister, Hezbollah, Hamas, and other militias—and a... More »

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Iran • Israel • Middle East • Syria • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Hamas • Hezbollah • America • Cold War • George W. Bush • Sunni allies

 Quick Iraq Exit
 Would Trigger
 New 9/11: Bush 

It would 'embolden' US enemies, prez says

May 14, 08 3:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A withdrawal from Iraq next year would be a disaster that would likely trigger another 9/11, President Bush warns in an interview with Politico. "It would shake everybody's nerves. It would embolden the very same people we're trying to defeat" and "would eventually lead to another attack on... More »

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Iraq • Congress • Middle East • golf • troop withdrawal • George HW Bush • gas prices • terrorist attack • Director of National Intelligence • George W. Bush

Palestinians Stand to Benefit in Blair Deal

Israel to dismantle some barriers to trade, travel in West Bank

May 13, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair announced an economic deal today between Israel and the Palestinians aimed at boosting business in the West Bank, the Times of London reports. The agreement, the first brokered by the former British PM in his role as Middle East peace envoy, will see Israel remove four military checkpoints... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Tony Blair • Middle East • Palestine • West Bank • Jenin

Obama Adviser  Quits Over Hamas Talk

Mideast expert met  with militant group for his job, not campaign

May 10, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - An informal Mideast policy adviser to the Barack Obama campaign has severed ties after critics made an issue of  meetings the adviser had with Hamas, the Times of London reports. The Obama campaign stressed that Robert Malley never had a formal role with them; Malley made it clear that his... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • Hamas • adviser • foreign policy • Robert Malley

OPINION

 Next Prez's To-Do:
 Fix Diplomacy 

New administration will need to fix problems Bush has not addressed

Apr 3, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taking the attitude that "since we were now all-powerful, allies were no longer necessary," President Bush damaged the US' image and diminished its power, Fred Kaplan writes in Slate. How can the next president heal our diplomatic woes?
  1. Visit all Middle East countries; leave a full-time envoy:
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Iraq • Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Middle East • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • diplomacy • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Israel and Palestinians • foreign policy • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

New US Mideast Commander Installed

Out with the Navy, in with the Army as
head of CentCom

Mar 29, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new commander has taken temporary charge of US military operations in the Mideast, after a quiet ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida yesterday. Lt. Gen Martin Dempsey will run CentCom while the administration seeks a permanent replacement for Adm. William Fallon, who quit abruptly earlier this month... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Iran • Middle East • Robert Gates • David Petraeus • US military • William Fallon • George W. Bush • Central Command • Martin Dempsey

Fatah and Hamas Sign Deal, But Feuding Continues

Rival Palestinian factions bicker over control of Gaza

Mar 23, 08 8:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a second attempt to mend fences, rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas agreed to resume direct talks today to resolve disputes and revive their failed coalition. A Hamas official called the deal “a new beginning and the start of a new stage,” but just hours after signing... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • Gaza • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • Mecca • Yemen • Palestinians • peace deal

 In Saudi Arabia, 
 a Hotel for Women 

Men-free Luthan Hotel 'meeting a very big demand' in conservative Muslim kingdom

Mar 21, 08 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saudi Arabia’s first hotel catering exclusively to women—right down to its plush spa—opened this week in Riyadh, the Independent reports. The conservative kingdom enforces strict Islamic segregation of sexes in public, but women can stay at the Luthan Hotel without a male guardian—nor any men on... More »

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Middle East • Saudi Arabia • Riyadh • Islamic Sharia law • hotel • spa • spas • Muslim women • Wahhabism • Luthan Hotel

Cheney Makes Surprise Visit
to Baghdad

Promises 'unwavering commitment' of US as war begins 6th year

Mar 17, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leading Iraq war architect Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Baghdad today, beginning a nine-day Middle East tour by promising Iraq the "unwavering commitment of the United States in finishing the difficult work that lies ahead." John McCain, traveling as a member of the Senate Armed Services... More »

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Iraq • John McCain • Dick Cheney • Middle East • Baghdad • Green Zone • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • Jalal Talabani • Iraq war

8 Dead in Jerusalem Shooting

Gunmen open fire at Jewish seminary; Gaza celebrates

Mar 6, 08 3:24 PM CST
(Newser) - At least eight people are dead and many more wounded after gunmen attacked a Jewish seminary tonight in Jerusalem, the BBC reports. The shooters—possibly as many as three—are Palestinian, Reuters adds, and two were killed. Witnesses said gunfire lasted 10 minutes. "They were still shooting when we... More »

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Middle East • Gaza • Hamas • Jerusalem • Israel and Palestinians • religious violence • Mercaz Harav • Jewish seminary

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