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United States Secretary of State Tony Blinken, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why won't the Arab world dump Putin?

Mohammad Ali Salih
An oil pump works, on Saturday, April 16, 2016, in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Oil-producing countries are to meet in Qatar on Sunday, April 17, 2016, to discuss a plan to freeze output but their gathering comes as nations like Iran rapidly ramp up their pumping. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) (AP)

Qatar snub puts relationship at risk

Nader Habibi - The Conversation
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Trump makes a crisis worse

Heather Digby Parton
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (AP/Mohamed El-Shahed)

Egypt goes from bad to worse

Steven A. Cook
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Fake news in the Middle East

Steven A. Cook

"A Gay Girl in Damascus"

Andrew O'Hehir

Islamic terror, from the roots

Andrew O'Hehir
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Prachi Gupta
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Well-known atheist and best-selling author Richard Dawkins speaks to the crowd during the "Rock Beyond Belief" festival at Fort Bragg army base in North Carolina March 31, 2012. The atheist-themed festival drew hundreds of people to Fort Bragg on Saturday for what was believed to be the first-ever event held on a U.S. military base for service members who do not have religious beliefs. Organizers said they hoped the "Rock Beyond Belief" event at Fort Bragg would spur equal treatment toward nonbelievers in the armed forces and help lift the stigma for approximately 295,000 active duty personnel who consider themselves atheist, agnostic or without a religious preference. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY RELIGION SOCIETY) - RTR306JY (Reuters)

Famed atheist mis-tweets again

Haroon Moghul - Religion Dispatches
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