Tag Archives: Middle East

  1. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey (AP)

    Diplomatic Crisis Between Iraq, Turkey Deepening

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    Turkish relations with Iraqi Kurds and Sunnis anger Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Shī’ah government in Baghdad.

  1. Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi of Yemen in Sana'a, February 7, 2012 (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

    Yemen’s New President Hunting Down Al Qaeda

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    Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi turns out to be a more dedicated partner in the fight against terrorism than his predecessor.

  1. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq visits the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC, December 13, 2011 (Joshua Roberts)

    Iraq’s Maliki Brands Turkey “Hostile State”

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    The Iraqi prime minister condemned his Turkish counterpart for seeking “hegemony” in the Middle East.

  1. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, 2010 (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)

    Gulf States Caught in Middle of Iranian-Saudi Cold War

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    As Iran menaces the smaller Persian Gulf states, they are driven into Saudi Arabia’s warm embrace.

  1. Egypt's former intelligence director and vice president, Omar Suleiman

    Brotherhood, Spy Chief Exit Egypt’s Presidential Race

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    Khairat al-Shater, Omar Suleiman, we hardly knew ye. Both Egyptians were disqualified from running for president in May.