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Month: August 2018
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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