As ever, the Middle East is monumentally in flux. As usual, most developments are negative. Here's a guide: Water replaces petroleum as the key liquid: Oil and gas still provide nearly 60 percent of the world's energy, but this... 
Should Boston University hire Sarah Ihmoud, it will advance the moral and intellectual decline in Middle East studies. From David Gerstman. 
Moayad Heider Mohammad Aldairi was sentenced to three years in prison in landmark case. 
Counterintuitively, a stronger Assad regime is not necessarily inimical to Israeli interests. 
Russia's real goal is not to end the war in Syria, but rather to contribute to low-level chaos where all sides become dependent on Moscow. 
Turkey's leading pro-governnment newspaper wants Qatar's flagship media outlet to button up about its invasion of Syria. 
Fanciful imaginings aside, a one-state solution would be catastrophic for Israelis and Palestinians alike. From Matthew Mainen. 
The November 4, 1979 Iranian hostage-takers were first and foremost Islamists blindly following the will of clerics. From A.J. Caschetta.
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