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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Sept. 27, 2012

NATOSource

Nov 4, 2014

French Foreign Minister: Anti-ISIL Coalition Must Also Save 300,000 Lives In Aleppo

By Laurent Fabius, Washington Post

Syria’s second-largest city and part of humanity’s ancient heritage, Aleppo is the martyred center of the resistance to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad,

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove, Nov. 3, 2014

NATOSource

Nov 4, 2014

Russia Continues to Train and Equip Ukraine Rebels, NATO Official Says

By Michael R. Gordon Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times

Hundreds of Russian troops are still training and equipping separatists in Ukraine, NATO’s top military commander said Monday, activities that are heightening tensions with the West and Ukraine’s government

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MENASource

Nov 4, 2014

Top News: US Officials Mull Expanded Campaign Against the Nusra Front

By MENASource

US officials are weighing whether to broaden the air campaign in Syria to strike the Nusra Front after militants from the al-Qaeda linked group swept through towns and villages controlled by the Free Syrian Army and other US-backed groups in Idlib province, west of Aleppo.

New Atlanticist

Nov 4, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | November 4

By Jim Rupert

Separatist Elections in Donbas Were a Step Toward Permanent Stalemate via New Republic Dangerous Duty: The Donbas Volunteer Who Retrieves Bodies from the Battlefield via Mashable Ukraine’s Revolutionary No. 1 Goes to Parliament via Bloomberg Among the Rebels: Welcome to the Cossack People’s Republic of Stakhanov via Politico On Russia’s Shortsighted Military Provocations via Japan Times Poland Is Preparing for a Potential Russian Invasion via  Business […]

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MENASource

Nov 4, 2014

Top News: Egypt, Gulf Arab Allies Eye Anti-Militant Alliance

By EgyptSource

Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are discussing the creation of a military pact to take on Islamic militants, with the possibility of a joint force to intervene around the Middle East.

MENASource

Nov 4, 2014

EconSource: Jordan’s Economy Continues to Recover

By EconSource

Jordan’s economy appears to continue to recover from its near economic crisis in 2012, despite the worsening regional context. Real GDP growth for the first half of 2014 rose to 3.0 percent, compared with 2.8 percent in 2013. The authorities are continuing to implement the national reform agenda with the support from the International Monetary Fund […]

MENASource

Nov 4, 2014

What Went Wrong in Idlib?

By Faysal Itani

Last week, Syria’s mainstream opposition suffered a major defeat in its heartland of Idlib province, northern Syria. The al-Qaeda-aligned Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN) captured several key towns from the US-backed Syrian Revolutionaries Front and Harakat al Hazm, with some fighters defecting to JAN.

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Gen. Philip M. Breedlove in Turkey in July

NATOSource

Nov 3, 2014

US European Commander Asks for More Troops

By Paul McLeary, Defense News

In the face of sustained Russian incursions into Ukraine and the dozens of fighter and bomber flights that have skirted European airspace in recent weeks, the head of US European Command has come to the Pentagon to ask for more troops and equipment.

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UkraineAlert

Nov 3, 2014

Ukraine’s New Government: Here’s What to Expect

By New Atlanticist

Amid Horse-Trading by Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk, a New Parliament Speaker Is Likely The Atlantic Council’s Kyiv-based senior fellow, Brian Mefford, writes on the likely makeup of Ukraine’s post-election government. His key observations are below, and you can read his detailed analysis on his own blog.

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Nov 3, 2014

Ennahda Loses in Tunisia: What Comes Next?

By Duncan Pickard and Daniel Tavana

The transfer of power has been a confounding challenge in modern Arab politics. Tunisia’s success is again the exception. Last year, Tunisia’s Ennahda became the first Islamist party in the Arab world to step down peacefully, part of a package compromise with secular opposition parties to adopt the constitution.

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