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The Middle East Eye, the website the region has been looking for.
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Too often, websites are launched in a blind haze of optimism. They will speak truth unto power. They will bridge increasingly entrenched lines that criss-cross the political landscape. They will be honest, transparent. And too often, after a gallant run, they fail. Owners make their agendas felt and journalists collectively know when and where not to ask the questions they know their readers expect to be answered.

Over some key event, they too fall silent or look the other way. It's only a matter of time before every media outlet discovers its red lines and no-go areas. The Middle East Eye will be different. It serves no political master, movement or country. It has no agenda other than the belief that what happened three years ago in Tunisia and in Egypt was not an abberation. It was not a spring that turned to winter, but the first stirrings of a fundamental change that will affect every country and every people in the Middle East.

Those first gasps for breath as equal citizens have not been extinguished by civil war, counter-revolution, or military coups. The Arab world will not "move on" as Britain, the EU and America so desperately want it to, under a new round of western friendly dictators and oligarchs. A seed has been sown in the minds of millions which will not be so easily trampled on. The Middle East Eye will keep that vision of a democratic future at the core of all it does. It will keep an unremitting eye on dictators, time servers, and all who condone what passes for business as usual in the Middle East. If that is being radical, we are unabashed radicals. Welcome to the Middle East Eye. We will do our best to keep you informed, honestly.    

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As Jordan worries about ISIS approach on borders, Abu Qatada may paradoxically act as a potential ally in securing the country, wrote Sara Elizabeth Williams http://ow.ly/BRH9O
As Jordan worries about ISIL's approach on two separate borders, Abu Qatada may paradoxically act as a potential ally in securing the country
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Live blog: #US raids kill top #Qaeda operative in #Syria http://ow.ly/BRlRJ
The US-led international coalition against IS launched its campaign against militant positions in Syria in the early hours of Tuesday morning 23 September.
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Live blog: Human rights lawyer killed by #ISIS in #Mosul http://ow.ly/BRhIi
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Live blog: #Erdogan: #Turkey will support #US-led attacks on #ISIS in #Syria http://ow.ly/BReAm
The US-led international coalition against IS launched its campaign against militant positions in Syria in the early hours of Tuesday morning 23 September.
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The only viable solution for peace in Libya, writes @JasonPackLibya , is a dialogue among all foreign, domestic stakeholders http://ow.ly/BR4tL
The only viable solution for peace and prosperity in Libya, writes Jason Pack, is a dialogue among all foreign and domestic stakeholders - but will mediators help?
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"Apocalypse now, #Iraq edition" an essay by @WeMeantWell. #US #ISIS http://ow.ly/BR3SN
America is now fighting the Iraq War for the third time, somehow madly expecting different results, while guaranteeing only failure.
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In its attempts to fight both the #PKK and Assad, #Turkey has uncorked the genie that is #ISIS, writes David Barchard http://ow.ly/BRxRt
In its attempts to fight both the PKK and Bashar al-Assad, Turkey has uncorked the genie that is Islamic state, a force that is now posed to afflict its own territory
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#Iran's new threat to national security. Read more: http://ow.ly/BRjQ6
Iran's water crisis has sparked demonstrations and clashes in recent years and is developing into a threat to national security, Amin Khorami reports
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Australian police shoot dead 'known terror suspect' - Read more: http://ow.ly/BRhrR #Australia #ISIS
A known terror suspect affiliated with IS stabbed two Australian officers before being shot and killed by police
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Clashes erupt at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site Al-Aqsa mosque compound http://ow.ly/BRbpG
Clashes broke out in and around Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound
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Live blog: Reports: Leader of #Khorasan group killed in #Syria strikes http://ow.ly/BR4bV
The US-led international coalition against IS launched its campaign against militant positions in Syria in the early hours of Tuesday morning 23 September.
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#Iran's water crisis has sparked clashes and is developing into a threat to national security, Amin Khorami reports http://ow.ly/BR2BQ
Iran's water crisis has sparked demonstrations and clashes in recent years and is developing into a threat to national security, Amin Khorami reports
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