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January 25, 2013

Israel
Voices From the Region: Jordan, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Israel

“We don’t want old faces. We tried that…We are worried…We can help Jordan not go the same way as Syria and Egypt.” –Khalid Hammad, 28, a lawyer who voted in Amman, in support of a friend, a fellow la…

A man shows his ink-stained finger after voting at a polling station in Amman on January 23, 2013 (Hammad/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

February 12, 2015

United States
This Week: Egypt Seeks Nukes, ISIS Gets Escalation, and U.S.-Iran Shun Extensions

Significant Developments Egypt. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced an agreement to jointly build Egypt’s first nuclear power plant on Tuesday duri…

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during a meeting in Cairo February 10, 2015 (Klimentyev/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

November 4, 2011

Iran
Weekend Reading: Egypt vs. Tunisia, Turkey’s Constitution, and Between Ankara and Tehran

A woman prays inside the Mevlana museum in Konya (Osman Orsal/Courtesy Reuters) Bahey el-Din Hassan compares Egypt and Tunisia at their respective stages of post-uprising politics. Murat Yetkin…

Weekend Reading: Egypt vs. Tunisia, Turkey’s Constitution, and Between Ankara and Tehran
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

May 16, 2015

Human Rights
Weekend Reading: AKP and the Kurds, IS in Syria, and Arab Cartoonists

Serkan Demirtas writes about the AKP and the quest for peace with the Kurds Mohammad Raba’a discusses Wadi Barada, an Islamic State foothold in Syria. Jonathan Guyer explores free speech, satire, a…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

March 29, 2013

Egypt
Regional Voices: Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Tunisia

“Their lives are worthless when it comes to the interests of Egypt and Egyptians…I am a president after a revolution, meaning that we can sacrifice a few so the country can move forward. It is absolu…

Syrian National Coalition leader Moaz Alkhatib speaks to journalists during the opening of its embassy in Doha on March 27, 2013 (Dabbous/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters