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Saudi Arabia Consolidates Its Alliance Against Iran

New Saudi king Salman bin Abdul Aziz has devoted himself to what Saudi Arabia calls “the blatant Iranian expansion” into the Saudi sphere of influence.

March 07th, 2015

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Saudi Arabia Consolidates Its Alliance Against Iran

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, meets with Saudi King Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, March 2, 2015. The meeting marks a thaw in diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Turkey, which had been tense under the late Saudi King Abdullah largely due to Erdogan's criticism of Egypt's military-led ouster of Islamist President

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Israeli Settlers Torch Cars, Spray-Paint Racist Slogans In West Bank

The slogans — written in Hebrew — included ‘Death to Arabs’ and ‘Glory to Jews’ as well as the phrase ‘Price Tag.

March 06th, 2015

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Israeli Settlers Torch Cars, Spray-Paint Racist Slogans In West Bank

Palestinians stand inside a mosque vandalized and torched by suspected Israeli extremists in the village of Jabaa, near Bethlehem, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Photo: Mahmoud Illean/AP Israeli settlers torched two cars belonging to Palestinians and spray-painted anti-Arab slogans on the streets of a village in the occupied West Bank at dawn

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Hezbollah: The International Community’s Sole Concern

Like it or not, Hezbollah is a feature of the Middle East’s new political landscape. It is an important ally in one of the two axes of power taking shape in the region.

March 05th, 2015

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Hezbollah: The International Community’s Sole Concern

Hezbollah fighters stand on their armed vehicles and hold their party flags, as they parade during a rally to mark the 13th day of Ashoura, in the southern market town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. Lebanon has been supplanted on the international agenda by other more dangerous arenas. Think tanks and strategy centers have lost

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US General: Iranian Presence In Iraq Could Be Beneficial

The official’s statement comes as Iraqi forces closed in on Tikrit Tuesday on the second day of Baghdad’s largest operation yet against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group.

March 04th, 2015

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US General: Iranian Presence In Iraq Could Be Beneficial

Members of the Iran's army march during an annual military parade marking the 34th anniversary of outset of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Iran's role in an Iraqi military offensive to recapture Tikrit could be

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US Police Arrest Five Anti-Israel Activists

“We came here to let the world know that, although this organization presents itself as representative of American Jewry and of course, the state of Israel, the so-called Jewish state,” he said. “It doesn’t represent Judaism in any manner, shape and form.”

March 03rd, 2015

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US Police Arrest Five Anti-Israel Activists

A group of activists protest outside the Washington Convention Center where American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is holding its annual meeting on March 01, 2015 Five activists were arrested Sunday in the American capital for demonstrating outside the Washington Convention Center where the American Israeli Public Affairs

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Israeli Settlement Building Up 40% In 2014: Watchdog

More than 600,000 Israeli settlers, soaring from 189,000 in 1989, live in settlements across the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.

February 24th, 2015

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Israeli Settlement Building Up 40% In 2014: Watchdog

A Palestinian laborer works at a construction site in the Jewish only West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem. The number of homes under construction in illegal Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank rose last year by 40 percent, the Peace Now anti-settlement watchdog said Monday. The Israeli group said the

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The “ISIS Spring” In North Africa

Libya is unique as it remains the largest haven for terrorist groups affiliated with ISIS, after being the main reservoir and source for all kinds of groups fighting in Syria.

February 21st, 2015

By Al Akhbar

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (aka the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant [ISIL]) is expanding beyond the Levant. Establishing Wilyat Sinai (the Province of Sinai) was just the start, and now the group is determined to expand into all of North Africa. What happened in Sirte yesterday is just one episode in a series geared toward

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