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Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions
Arab Spring

Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions

Mehmet Rakipoglu

The Arab revolutionary wave that began in 2011 presents two of its most significant, yet fundamentally divergent, case studies: Egypt and Syria

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A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

12/06/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

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Breaking News: Mass Slaugher in Baghdad A string of car bombings in Sadr City and Kadhimiya (Shiite neighborhoods) wrought vast slaughter and destruction, leaving a […]

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36 Killed In Iraqi Civil War Britain

36 Killed In Iraqi Civil War Britain

36 Killed in Iraqi Civil War Britain may Leave Iraq British troops could withdraw from Basra by this spring. It is widely felt that the […]

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Revolutionary Guards Head Us Forces In

Revolutionary Guards Head Us Forces In

Revolutionary Guards Head: ‘US Forces in Middle East ‘Extremely’ Vulnerable The USG Open Source Center translates the following piece from Persian: ‘Iranian Guards Chief: US […]

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Bushs Cedar Revolution Collapses In

Bushs Cedar Revolution Collapses In

Bush’s Cedar Revolution Collapses in Yet Another Policy Failure The assassination of Lebanese cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel on Tuesday has thrown that country further into […]

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Car Bomb In Green Zone

Car Bomb In Green Zone

Car Bomb in Green Zone Parliamentarians Trade Accusations The intrepid Edward Wong of the New York Times reports that a car bomb targetting the Iraqi […]

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Academics At Risk Please Donate To

Academics At Risk Please Donate To

Academics at Risk Please Donate to MESA A report on the Iraqi professors’ panel at the Middle East Studies Association meeting that just wrapped up […]

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Street Battles In Baghdad 75 Bodies

Street Battles In Baghdad 75 Bodies

Street Battles in Baghdad; 75 Bodies Found; Diplomatic Ties with Syria Bruited Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that on Monday running street battles erupted in several […]

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Joint Letter Of Middle East Studies

Joint Letter Of Middle East Studies

The joint letter of the Middle East Studies Association and the American Association of University Professors on the killing of Iraqi academics: ‘November 10, 2006 […]

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Kissinger Says No Victory Possible

Kissinger Says No Victory Possible

Kissinger Says no Victory Possible; Bombings in Baghdad, Hilla Kill 74; Chaos in Baquba Bush’s visit to Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country, has elicited […]

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