Targeted air strikes and arming of moderate rebel groups is risky. The potential for a protracted conflict with Hezbollah or the Salafists emerging as the dominant force in the end is riskier.
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In a major success for Afghan security forces, seven militants were killed in an assault on the airport in Kabul. Just two civilians were injured.
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Syrian rebel groups took control of a crossing in Golan Heights on Thursday. That brought the Syrian civil war even closer to Israel's border, and may bring Israel closer to conflict with Syria.
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Erdogan's crackdown on the Taksim Square protests is consistent with a pattern of strange, authoritarian behavior and nostalgia for Turkey's glory days as a world empire.
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Middle Eastern women are often seen as docile, oppressed, and subservient to the Western world, but that could not be further from the truth.
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As ice melts in the Arctic, Russia is turning into the Arctic to benefit from newly accessible gas and oil fields.
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The IMF's Stand-By Agreement with Egypt, a proposed $4.8 billion loan package, could aggravate the country's economic conditions by forcing the Egyptian government to adopt austerity measures.
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Given Mandela's failing health, it wouldn't be unreasonable to prepare for the worst.
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Kudankulam is a nuclear power plant constructed by the Russian company Rosatom in southern India. Its construction process has been challenged by civil unrest and ridiculous new laws.
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New economic data on China shows that recovery is poor and that China's economic growth momentum is slowing. Can the new Chinese leadership under President Xi Jinping create long-term growth?
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You might not know much about North Korea except that it's an isolationist mystery. A peek past the veil reveals some startling tidbits, however.
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A bunch of anti-gay-marriage protesters crashed the French Open Men's Finals ... shirtless and waving fire. What message were they trying to convey, exactly?
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They'll Occupy anything that isn't clothing.
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For over a week, Turkish protesters have responded to every instance of police violence with acts of kindness and community.
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The recent fire at an Islamic center in North London has raised concerns about hate crimes in retaliation for the murder of a British soldier.
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China's new leader seems more informal than his predecessor, which could give Obama a chance to reach out and re-establish a degree of trust between the two nations.
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Garment factories have become common practice overseas, but what many people don't realize is that sweatshops aren't limited to land abroad.
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We're used to thinking of Putin as a bit of a despot, especially since the Kremlin does a good job of keeping its leaders' personal lives private. But things could change with this announcement.
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Along with big yellow ducks, here is a list of some of the other bizarre things that the Chinese government has censored, from penis-shaped buildings to empty chairs.
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It's not enough for policymakers to claim that they're just acting to protect us, as demonstrated by revelations of the NSA's PRISM program. We need to ask tough questions.
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The protesters in Turkey have issued their demands to the government. What will Erdogan do next?
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Through his recent counter-terror speech at the National Defense University, President Obama has finally revealed the final parts to his foreign policy doctrine.
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Iran's supreme leader plans to "engineer" the presidential elections, calculating all steps to get his own man elected. This could very well below up in his face.
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Africa has long been a pariah of underdevelopment, and it is high time our leaders started work towards providing people with the human dignity they deserve.
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If Obama wants to resolve the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, he should drop a bombshell of his own.
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