Weekend Reading: Syria’s Seas, Treaty Troubles?, and Musings on the Maghreb

By experts and staff
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Steven A. CookCFR ExpertEni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies
Soner Cagaptay reflects on what it might take to get Russia to back the Syrian opposition.
Zvika Krieger writes on The Atlantic about the debate on cutting U.S. aid to Egypt and what that might mean for Israel.
Moha Ennaji on Today’s Zaman discusses the need for Islamist movements in North Africa to leave the past behind.