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Middle East crisis — explained
The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them ...
In Netanyahu’s new Middle East, Syria could become Israel’s biggest strategic gain
Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
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For Trump the Peace Negotiator, Might Makes Right. History Offers Different Lessons
In the Middle East, Trump has lavished support on Israel ... Thucydides’ fifth century B.C. history of the war between Athens and Sparta includes a famous debate over the use of military ...
Syria's sects: delicate mix for its new Islamist leaders
Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...
Syria leader signs constitutional declaration, hailing ‘new history’
The declaration comes three months after Islamist-led rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad’s repressive government. Read more at ...
A hostile takeover at Columbia
Officials from President Trump’s administration this month demanded that Columbia place its Middle East studies department ...
Review: ‘The Human Scale’ explores life between the bombs in the Middle East
Lawrence Wright likes Big Subjects. Whether in nonfiction or novels, he tackles the 300-pounder fearlessly. That was true in his excellent “Going Clear,” an exhaustively reported takedown of L. Ron ...