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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 535

Brian Murphy

Negotiators from Iran and six world powers meeting in Geneva on November 22, 2013. (photo credit: US State Department)
November 24, 2013, 5:39 pm
Anatomy of Iranian nuclear deal
Jerusalem is disappointed but Tehran isn’t off the hook yet, with six months to prove its trustworthiness
By Brian Murphy
US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is greeted by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, after Kerry arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, FILE-In this Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jason Reed)
November 20, 2013, 9:30 pm
Israel, Gulf in ‘strange alliance’ against Iran
Saudi Arabia is just as uncomfortable about Tehran going nuclear as Israel, making it an unlikely bedfellow of the Jewish state
By Brian Murphy
US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is greeted by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal upon arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in June (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 24, 2013, 5:24 am
Critical Saudis remain eager customers of US arms
Washington’s overtures to Tehran have dismayed kingdom’s leaders and their allies, but Gulf nations remain deeply tied to US
By Brian Murphy and Matthew Lee
Iranian female demonstrators burn a representation of the US flag and a caricature of President Barack Obama in an annual state-backed rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, in November 2012. (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi/File)
October 18, 2013, 2:06 am
After Geneva progress, Iranian team must battle hard-liners at home
Despite upbeat end to nuclear meetings, powerful hawks in Tehran may leave West skeptical over how much Rouhani can deliver
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and Brian Murphy
September 30, 2013, 10:25 am
Gulf states in unfamiliar territory with Iranian outreach
A thaw in US-Iran relations could create new tensions between the Obama administration and Western-allied Persian Gulf states
By Brian Murphy
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference at the Millennium Hotel in midtown Manhattan in New York, on Friday, September 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP/John Minchillo)
September 28, 2013, 4:58 pm
Iran outreach to US faces tests at home
Rouhani will have to convince radical factions, who’ve disdained the West for years, of the importance of talks with America
By Brian Murphy
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waves after his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament, in Tehran, August 4, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 12, 2013, 11:21 pm
Iran’s Rouhani braces for UN debut
New president slated to address General Assembly for the first time on September 24, just hours after Obama
By Brian Murphy and Nasser Karimi
Bodies are buried after an August 21, 2013 chemical attack near Damascus (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)
August 30, 2013, 1:25 am
Chemical allegations in Syria haunt ally Iran
Islamic Republic ‘a major victim of chemical weapons,’ notes country’s new president
By Brian Murphy
Iran's president Hassan Rouhani at a press conference, in Tehran on June 17, 2013. (photo credit: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
July 31, 2013, 2:32 am
Iran president’s inner circle has Western accent
Hasan Rouhani’s government is expected to include key members who hold degrees from US and European universities
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and Brian Murphy
The minarets of a mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (photo credit: AP/Kamran Jebreili/File)
July 26, 2013, 4:17 am
Dubai rape case highlights Islamic world’s views on sex, morality
Countries throughout the region grapple with various degrees of Sharia law and how it applies to citizens and visitors
By Brian Murphy
Marte Deborah Dalelv from Norway, 24, talks to the Associated Press reporter in Dubai on Friday, July 19, 2013, after she was sentenced to 16 months in jail for having sex outside of marriage after she reported an alleged rape. (photo credit: AP/Kamran Jebreili)
July 21, 2013, 9:55 pm
Woman lands in Dubai jail after reporting rape
Norwegian citizen sentenced to 16 months for ‘sex outside marriage’ after lodging police complaint for sexual assault
By Brian Murphy
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
July 15, 2013, 10:55 pm
Stepping down, Ahmadinejad’s future remains a mystery
Iranian president’s term ends August 4, but analysts predict he’ll remain a political player
By Brian Murphy and Nasser Karimi
A military helicopter flies over the presidential palace as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi celebrate, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3. (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
July 10, 2013, 4:26 am
Egyptian political crisis stirs wider Mideast debate
Military takeover of Egypt’s first elected government brings democratic gains of the Arab Spring into question
By Brian Murphy
Egyptian army soldiers stand on alert in front of the constitutional court where Egypt's chief justice Adly Mansour was sworn in as the interim president on July 4, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
July 5, 2013, 4:52 am
Egyptians struggle to define latest revolution
Morsi opponents hail ouster of Islamist president as victory for democracy, but power has once again reverted to the military
By Brian Murphy and Sarah El Deeb
Iranian President Hasan Rouhani (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi/File)
June 26, 2013, 10:49 am
New Iranian president sees US as only way forward in nuke talks
Hasan Rouhani, former lead nuclear negotiator for the Islamic Republic, expected to push for direct talks with Washington
By Brian Murphy
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