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Iranian President Hasan Rouhani delivers a speech during his campaign for the presidential election in Tehran, Iran, May 2, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)
September 22, 2013, 2:56 pm
Rouhani — a wolf in sheep’s clothing?
Syria’s opposition rejects ‘disingenuous’ mediation efforts of Iran’s new president
By Elhanan Miller
In this citizen journalism image provided by the United media office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians pray during the funeral of a man killed from a shell in Arbeen town, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
September 4, 2013, 1:23 pm
Preparing for a strike
A limited Western attack on Syria will do more damage than good, claims one Arab columnist
By Elhanan Miller
This photo released on the official Facebook page of Syrian President Bashar Assad, shows Syrian president Bashar Assad, right, surrounded by bodyguards as young people, wave at him during the inauguration ceremony on Saturday of a statue dedicated to "martyrs" from Syrian universities who died in the country's two-year-old uprising and civil war, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, May. 4, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
May 5, 2013, 1:51 pm
Syrian violence reaches the coast
Columnists warn of Assad’s plan to ethnically cleanse Sunnis in preparation for an Alawite state
By Elhanan Miller
Activists of the Islamic Party Ennahda wave flags and banners during a demonstration in Tunis Saturday Feb 9, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hassene Dridi)
February 10, 2013, 2:23 pm
Tunisia’s disconcerting violence
Political turmoil follows opposition leader’s assassination in Tunisia, and Egypt continues to simmer
By Elhanan Miller
In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 photo, a sniper takes position on a roof during combat in the neighborhood of Saif Al-Dawlah in Aleppo, Syria (photo credit: AP/Andoni Lubaki)
January 20, 2013, 2:39 pm
Extremist ideology, ‘spreading like bacteria’
As the ‘hostage nightmare’ ends in Algeria, an Arab daily reports an influx of pro-Assad Shiite fighters in Syria
By Elhanan Miller
Members of various Syrian opposition groups seen during a press conference after three-day meetings outside Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 (photo credit: AP)
November 4, 2012, 3:24 pm
Syrian opposition to undergo reorganization
Largest opposition meeting takes place in Qatar, and Tunisia continues to struggle with its extremists
By Elhanan Miller
Smoke rises from the Karmal Jabl neighborhood during clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, October 25, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Narciso Contreras)
October 28, 2012, 3:05 pm
Syrian ceasefire crumbles, international envoy blamed
Iraq is mired in violence and political discord; another tunnel collapses in the Gaza Strip
By Elhanan Miller
Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, arrive for a cornerstone-laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2012. AP/Mohammed Salem.
October 24, 2012, 3:21 pm
Qatari visit to Gaza, praised and criticized
Violence continues in Syria as international envoy pleads for a ceasefire
By Elhanan Miller
Volunteers distribute placards in Martyrs' Square before the funeral for the country's intelligence chief, Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in Beirut on Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
October 21, 2012, 1:25 pm
Shock and anger in Beirut
Damascus ignores a plea for ceasefire and Kuwait heads for controversial elections in December
By Elhanan Miller
Relatives of slain Egyptian soldiers mourn during their funerals, July 7 (photo credit: AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
August 8, 2012, 11:24 am
Morsi skips soldier funerals, but who is really to blame for Rafah attack?
Defecting Syrian PM really is in Jordan; Iran condemns the US for kidnapping its nationals
By Elhanan Miller
Leon Panetta (center) met with Fieldmarshal Tantawi and President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, in July (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
August 1, 2012, 3:31 pm
New Syrian pseudo-government aggravates Arab observers
Arab columnist accuses the US of neo-colonialism for its meddling in Egypt
By Elhanan Miller
An injured man gets treated in a Damascus neighborhood Tuesday (photo credit: AP)
April 4, 2012, 12:18 pm
Syrian guns and international roses
A secret Iranian unit is tasked with sabotage in Turkey, an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood candidate makes overtures to hardliners, and Abbas threatens to return to the UN
By Elhanan Miller
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