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With Regional Mediation Stalled,
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translated from Al-Hayat (Pan Arab) |
As long as the regional contact group on Syria — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran — continues to disagree on the fate of President Bashar al-Assad, the violence there is likely to persist, Mohammad Ali Subhani argues. He suggests that United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi use his peacekeeping experience in Lebanon to resolve the Syrian crisis.
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Muslim Brotherhood Downplays Constitutional Conflict in Egypt
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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki speaks to Al-Monitor's Sophie Claudet just days after the US embassy in Tunis was stormed by Salafists. Marzouki said more could have been done to prevent the attack. He also acknowledged the rise and danger of Salafists, but said that force will not solve the problem of radical Islam.
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Sinai Attacks Cast Doubt on Egyptian Military
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Culture & Society
Renowned Palestinian artist Monther Jawabreh exhibited his latest paintings in Al-Mahatta art gallery in Ramallah. He presented a series portraying a Palestinian man whose face is covered with the traditional checkered keffieh, but tweaked to show his human side: the masked Palestinian man is holding a flower pot, smoking or playing cards. |
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Moderate Islamists Could Learn To Govern from Turkey's Example
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The Sledgehammer Trials: Were They Turkey’s Nuremberg?
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Slideshow: Egypt Street Art Rises Again
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Hamas Bans Israeli Fruit Imports
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Hamas' Ministry of Agriculture in Gaza will ban most fruit imported from Israel into the Gaza Strip, Doron Peskin reports, intending to protect local farners' production.
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As Daily Paper's Workers March, A Gloomy Reality Sets In
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Maghreb Union Takes First Step Toward Creating Free-Trade Zone
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Kuwait Investing $2.5 Billion in Numerous Egyptian Companies
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Is Iranian Response to Israel
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Many Israeli officials and commentators interpret an Iranian general's statements about a "pre-emptive strike" as an escalation of the threat against the Jewish state. Al-Monitor's Yossi Melman attributies the warning to psychological warfare, writing that Iran's leaders have so far behaved rationally and know their limitations.
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Algeria Cracks Terrorist Network Recruiting to ‘Liberate’ Libya
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Opposition Claims Syrian Army Is Bombing Refugee Routes
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The images of violence coming out of Syria are becoming strangely beautiful. Here, in what appears to be a pristine autumn morning, a Free Syrian Army fighter opens fire while still wearing his slippers.
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