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Week in Review

Week in Review

Feb 17, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh shake hands during a joint press conference at the State Department February 13, 2013 in Washington, DC. Kerry and Judeh met privately to discuss efforts in Syria and on the Middle East peace process among other issues. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) — Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh shake hands during a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, Feb. 13, 2013. — Win McNamee/Getty Images

Kerry, Obama Visits Offer Hope, Caution

There is truth in the old saw that the United States cannot want peace more than those in the region want it themselves. Geoffrey Aronson writes this week that Secretary of State John Kerry venturing to the Middle East to listen and seek advice on how best to move the Israeli-Palestinian process forward is akin to seeking advice from inmates on the running of an asylum.

Basma Beliad, the widow of assassinated leftist politician Chokri Belaid, carries a poster of her husband as she's surrounded by journalists, during a demonstration calling for Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and his cabinet to step down, next to the National Constituent Assembly in Tunis, February 11, 2013. A party led by interim President Moncef Marzouki said on Monday it had "frozen" its withdrawal from Tunisia's coalition government while talks continue on a political crisis sharpened by the killing of an

Belaid's Widow Holds Ennahda 'Politically Accountable' for Slaying

Ali Hashem

Ali Hashem

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict

Sheikh Moaz Alkhatib, President of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces and U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden (R) meet for bilateral talks during the 49th Conference on Security Policy in Munich February 2, 2013. Senior U.S., Russian and U.N. officials, along with the leader of the Syrian opposition, were all expected in Munich on Saturday, providing a rare opportunity for talks to revive efforts to end the civil war in Syria. REUTERS/Michael Dalder(GERMANY - Tags: MILITARY

Week in Review: Turkey Terror Attack; Syria Political Solution

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A man reads a local newspaper, displaying a picture of assassinated prominent Tunisian opposition politician Chokri Belaid, at a kiosk in Tunis February 7, 2013. Tunisia's Islamists rejected on Thursday a plan by their party chief and prime minister to change the government after unrest erupted over the killing of an opposition leader, deepening the worst crisis since a 2011 revolution. Labour union leaders agreed to stage a general strike on Friday and the family of assassinated secular politician Chokri B

'There Is No Future Here,' Worry Tunisians

Ali Hashem

Ali Hashem

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (L) meets Senator John Kerry, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in Damascus February 21, 2009. REUTERS/Sana (SYRIA) - RTXBW2Q

Kerry to Assad, Opposition: 'Come to the Table'

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