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>> GCC to Include Monarchs Beyond Gulf?
On Tuesday, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) welcomed membership bids from Jordan and Morocco, apparently unfazed by the fact that neither is on the Persian ...
>> Keeping up with Syria
The Syrian regime's success in keeping international media out of the country makes it difficult to keep up with developments there as widespread violence continues ...
>> Sectarian Violence in Egypt
Following an 8-day visit to Egypt a couple of weeks ago, my big takeaways in a nutshell were (a) the mood about the political scene ...
>> Alarming Account from Bahrain
We were saddened last week by the abduction/arrest of Mattar Ebrahim Mattar, one of the 18 opposition Members of Parliament in Bahrain who resigned on ...
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