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Month: August 2018

Uri Avnery, veteran peace activist and among first Israelis to meet Arafat, dies at 94 – Haaretz

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One Million Muslim Uighurs Have Been Detained by China, the U.N. Says. Where’s the Global Outrage? | The Intercept

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Les fantômes de Raba’a planent sur l’Egypte | Mediapart

Long piece deconstructing the Rabaa massacre
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Le pétrolier Total quitte l’Iran et renonce à un vaste projet gazier | Le Monde

Iran formally announces Total withdrawal due to US pressure
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Qatar, Turkey central banks ink currency swap deal

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Water Wars on the Nile | Foreign Affairs

Good overview of Nile & Red Sea geopolitics by Michael Hanna and Daniel Benaim
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A Place of Distinctive Despair | Brookings

Fred Wehrey and Emad Badi on Sirte
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A Top Syrian Scientist Is Killed, and Fingers Point at Israel | NYT

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The World Abetted Assad’s Victory in Syria

Christopher Phillips
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Beyond fragility: Syria and the challenges of reconstruction in fierce states

Steve Heydemann
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