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US Should Move Beyond
Drones in Yemen

Daniel Tavana for Al-Monitor

US security assistance toward Yemen cannot depend primarily on controversial drone attacks and needs to be linked to security reform in the country.

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Did Muslim Brotherhood
Frame Salma Sabahi?

Ahmed Ateyya for Al-Monitor

Opposition figures have accused the Muslim Brotherhood of framing the daughter of a powerful opponent for fraud in an act of retaliation.

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Culture & Society

Abeer Ayyoub for Al-Monitor Palestine Pulse

Israel's announcement to re-extend Gaza's fishing zone from three to six nautical miles comes at the end of the lucrative sardine season and does not promise relief for fishermen. Read more »

Business

Former Vice President Slams
Iraq's Economic Policy

Omar al-Shaher for Al-Monitor Iraq Pulse

In a statement issued on his personal Facebook page, economist and former Iraqi vice president Adil Abdul-Mahdi has vehemently criticized the country’s economic policy.

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Security

Iran Follows 2012 Election Script
To Avoid 2013 Election Surprise

Barbara Slavin for Al-Monitor

The Iranian government in 2012 staged calm parliamentary elections that resulted in victory for loyal supporters of the supreme leader; it hopes to do the same during this year’s presidential vote.

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish bride Hannah Batya Penet dances with her relative during a wedding ceremony in Jerusalem, early morning May 22, 2013. Some 25,000 people gathered to celebrate the wedding of Penet to Shalom Rokeach, the eldest grandson of the Chief Rabbi of Belz, Yissachar Dov Rokeach, according to local media. The Belz Hasidic dynasty is one of the largest Hasidic movements in the world. 

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