DAN PERRY

December 24, 2017 at 2:10 am

For Mideast, 2018 could be a pivotal year in war and peace VIEW

CAIRO (AP) — Will 2018 dampen the fires that rage across the Middle East? Although skepticism is understandable, there is a glimmer of change. The...

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December 24, 2017 at 2:05 am

For Mideast in 2018, threats and opportunities VIEW

CAIRO (AP) — Will 2018 dampen the fires that rage across the Middle East? Although skepticism is understandable, there is a glimmer of change. The...

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August 10, 2017 at 12:14 pm

Channeling Trump? Beleaguered Netanyahu assails media

JERUSALEM (AP) — Directly addressing his nationalist base, a beleaguered leader accuses the news media of obsessively promoting a liberal agenda, conducting a "witch hunt...

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May 28, 2017 at 11:33 pm

6-day war begets 50 years of strife for Israel VIEW

JERUSALEM (AP) — It may well be remembered as a pyrrhic victory for Israel: in six days it stunned the world by vanquishing several Arab...

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May 23, 2017 at 10:05 am

Q&A on Trump's detail-free plan for Middle East peace

Much of the Arab world does seem ready to normalize relations with the Jewish state. But the obstacles that bedeviled industrious outside brokers for decades...

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April 7, 2017 at 12:10 pm

US missile strike could resonate beyond Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — President Donald Trump's 59-missile message to Syria — the use of chemical weapons will not be tolerated — may well resonate with...

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March 30, 2017 at 12:14 am

Mosul shows difficulty of removing militants from urban area VIEW

BAGHDAD (AP) — As the fight for the Iraqi city of Mosul drags on, many might ask: Why has it taken the combined militaries of...

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February 15, 2017 at 5:13 am

AP Analysis: Few good alternatives to Palestinian state VIEW

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Trump administration appears to be easing away from longstanding U.S. support for Palestinian statehood as the preferred outcome of Middle East...

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January 18, 2017 at 10:19 pm

Mideast expects big changes under Trump

CAIRO (AP) — Donald Trump's all-but-dismissal of human rights as a foreign policy principle could hit like an earthquake across a Middle East landscape beset...

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September 15, 2016 at 1:14 am

In long and bloody Syria war, this truce may be different VIEW

BEIRUT (AP) — Five years of failed efforts to quell the fighting in Syria have persuaded many observers that the war, inconclusive and catastrophic on...

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