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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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January 23, 2014
This Week: Syria II Launched, Iran Sanctions Eased, and Turkey’s Judiciary Purged
Significant Developments Syria. UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met separately today with delegations from Syria’s government and opposition today to prepare for face-to-face talks slated for tomorrow. The…
August 22, 2013
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Alleged Syrian Chemical Weapons Use, Mubarak Leaves Prison in Egypt
Significant Developments Syria. French foreign minister Laurent Fabius called today for a forceful international response to reports that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons outside Damascus ye…
August 29, 2013
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Retaliatory Talk Against Syria, Egypt’s Crackdown Intensifies
Significant Developments Syria. White House officials plan to brief members of Congress this evening on the situation in Syria after more than one hundred U.S. representatives signed a letter yester…
July 12, 2013
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Upheaval in Egypt and Syria
Significant Developments Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood vowed today to continue resisting the army’s July 3 ouster of President Mohammad Morsi. The Brotherhood issued its call one day after the milit…
November 4, 2011
Israel
Will Egypt Opt Out from Peace with Israel?
Egyptian prisoners released from Israeli jails hold the Egyptian flag as they flash the victory sign from a bus at Taba crossing between Egypt and Israel on October 27, 2011 (Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Cou…
