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Georgetown basketball game ends in brawl in China

Something very ugly seems to have gone down during an exhibition basketball game between the Georgetown Hoyas and the Chinese professional team Baiyi. The Washington Post 's Dan Steinberg has more photos up on his blog. Here's an account from...

Published Thu, Aug 18 2011 8:02 AM by FP Passport

Was Libya worth it?

With the Libyan rebels now largely in control of Tripoli, and two of Muammar al-Qaddafi's sons in custody after a stunning final assault of the capital, the answer seems clear: absolutely. Many have criticized U.S. President Barack Obama's strategy...

Published Mon, Aug 22 2011 3:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, North Africa, Libya, Arab World

Is Bernard-Henri Lévy having the best week ever?

Last spring, it seemed like everyone was hating on French philosopher/public intellectual/serial chest-hair exhibitionist Bernard-Henri Lévy. It was bad enough that he had helped push President Nicolas Sarkozy's government into an intervention in...

Published Mon, Aug 22 2011 12:13 PM by FP Passport

About that earthquake...

As you know if you live on the East Coast of the United States or if you read websites other than this one or watch TV, a 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit near Richmond, Virginia. We felt pretty strong shock waves here at FP world headquarters. (At least...

Published Tue, Aug 23 2011 3:10 PM by FP Passport

Who is the world's new longest-ruling leader?

Barring a truly remarkable turn of events, Muammar al-Qaddafi's rule appears to have come to an end. Having taken power nearly 41 years and 357 days ago, Qaddafi had been the world's longest-ruling sitting leader. (Not counting royals.) He fell...

Published Wed, Aug 24 2011 9:23 AM by FP Passport

Scud showdown in Sanaa

More than a year after President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to step down -- and almost two years after protests against his dictatorship flooded the streets of Sanaa -- Yemen's political crisis continues. Saleh was formally ousted in February in a...

Published Tue, Dec 11 2012 11:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Security, Middle East, Military, Yemen

Egypt's political crisis

President Mohamed Morsi and his advisors cannot have expected that his November 22 constitutional declaration would throw Egypt into a renewed state of turmoil. That it has speaks volumes to the immense changes that have occurred in the country during...

Published Mon, Dec 10 2012 6:48 AM by The Middle East Channel

Filed under: Security, Law, Politics, Middle East, Islam, North Africa, Egypt, Democracy, Middle East Poster 1

A better Egyptian constitution

With the violence that broke out in front of the presidential palace in Egypt yesterday, one can no longer describe the constitutional draft produced under the Mohamed Morsi government, as just "flawed." In process, the draft is abysmal. In...

Published Thu, Dec 06 2012 7:55 AM by The Middle East Channel

Filed under: Security, Law, Middle East, Islam, North Africa, Egypt, Democracy, Middle East Poster 3

The United States denies Iranian claims of drone capture

The United States quickly denied claims by Iran that its Revolutionary Guards Corps naval forces had captured an unmanned U.S. drone. According to Iranian state television, the aircraft is a Boeing built ScanEagle, which it captured after entering Iranian...

Published Tue, Dec 04 2012 6:09 AM by The Middle East Channel

Filed under: Middle East, North Africa, Arab World, Mideast Brief

Failing Syria's refugees

-- The Middle East Channel Editor's Blog -- There are plenty of strong reasons for the United States and the international community to remain deeply cautious about taking a deeper role in Syria's internal war. Concerns about the nature of the...

Published Sun, Dec 02 2012 7:27 AM by The Middle East Channel

Filed under: Security, Middle East, North Africa, Middle East Editors Blog

Syrian Internet goes dark

At 12:26 pm today in Syria, 92 percent of the country's networks went offline - shutting the country off almost completely from the Internet. (Update: 100 percent of Syrian networks are now offline .) The Internet blackout comes at a time when Syria's...

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 7:54 AM by The Middle East Channel

Filed under: Middle East Editors Blog

Arafat's ghost

Yasir Arafat had a canny knack for ensuring that Palestine never strayed too far from the world's headlines. His ghost may turn out to be no less resourceful. Today, a multinational team of medical and forensic experts exhumed the late Palestinian...

Published Tue, Nov 27 2012 8:35 AM by The Middle East Channel

Filed under: Middle East, Israel/Palestine, Arab World

Born Free, But Not Indifferent - By Corey Brettschneider

Yes the government should protect free speech. But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t speak out. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2012 8:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Human Rights, Politics, Islam, Obama Administration, Default, Free, Web Exclusive, Democracy, Argument, Democracy Lab, Democracy Lab Top Story

Apple removes app that illustrates iPhone's global supply chain

According to a number of blogs, for a brief period today there was an app/game available in Apple's iTunes store illustrating some of the more controversial aspects of the iPhone's supply chain. Here a description from the website of producer...

Published Tue, Sep 13 2011 1:16 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Flash Points

Morning Brief: Sarkozy and Cameron arrive in Libya

Sarkozy and Cameron arrive in Libya Top story: French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron - two of the most prominent supporters of the NATO-led intervention that toppled Muammar al-Qaddafi - traveled to the Libyan capital...

Published Thu, Sep 15 2011 4:58 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief