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For years, this administration has dithered as the Middle East burns. We need a plan to stop the Islamic State and end Assad's regime now. 
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FOUR years after the beginning of what is now called the Arab spring only in a tone of bitter irony, almost all the countries involved are in a dire state. The sole...
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In the three years since Muammar Gaddafi was toppled by Libyan rebels and Nato airstrikes, fighting between militia has plunged the country into civil war and seen Tripoli fall to Islamists
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IN THE three years since joyous rebels seized the Libyan capital, Tripoli, the country has lurched from crisis to crisis, yet somehow stayed afloat. It is now...
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Riyadh 'fighting two wars in Syria' as new force Jaysh al-Islam excludes al-Qaida affiliates in bid to defeat Assad regime
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UN inquiry finds 'massive evidence' that president is responsible for crimes against humanity as conflict's death toll hits 126,000
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Joint report with Human Rights Watch judges US attacks in Yemen and Pakistan to have broken international human rights law
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The UN Security Council adopts a resolution demanding the eradication of Syria's chemical weapons.
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UN inspection begins as John Kerry says it is 'undeniable' that government was behind 'obscene' chemical weapon attack
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Deputy minister of martyrs says 4,700 rebel supporters died and 2,100 are missing, down from 2011's estimate of 25,000
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“MY COUNTRY is being destroyed,” sobs Ahmad, a student from the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor who joined the protests when they began in March 2011. “The regime...
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Israel appears set on a course of open war on Gaza, with bombing continuing and ground forces on standby following its assassination of the leader of the Hamas military wing.
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To stop the bleeding in Syria means agreeing to a limited truce with the regime in Damascus. It’s repugnant -- but is it wrong?
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For Western critics of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the
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WHEN Barack Obama spoke to the American public on September 10th, his words had a bearing on more than just Islamic State (IS). His scheme to deal with the...
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After the Darfur genocide, the United Nations sent in 20,000 peacekeepers with a single mission -- to protect the region's civilians. A Foreign Policy investigation details why they failed, and what the U.N. knew about it.
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Exclusive: Senior war crimes prosecutors say photographs and documents provide 'clear evidence' of systematic killing of 11,000 detainees
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Death toll claimed to be as high as 1,400 as Syrian government admits launching offensive but denies using chemical weapons
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The West and Tony Abbott are realising the costly futility of military inventions.
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Hardline speech fuels suspicion PM is unwilling to agree to dismantle settlements and withdraw from West Bank
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General Martin Dempsey, top military officer, warns senators that each option under consideration would be costly and uncertain
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The old Middle East order is collapsing and this time outsiders should stand back.
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The boom of mortar fire and air strikes rocked both sides of the Israel-Gaza border well into the night, as air raid sirens sounded in Israel's largest city, Tel Aviv for the first time in 20 years.
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Muammar Gaddafi died from wounds he suffered in an attack by rebels after he had already been captured and not in a firefight, according to a major report today on the Libyan dictator’s last hours.
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