Author: Uri Friedman

Eating Off Saddam's Plates: Iraqi Militaria as a Hobby

Park Avenue Autumn

A New York restaurant is using plates looted from Saddam's palaces

By Uri Friedman

May 20, 2011

Israeli Press Has Low Expectations for Obama-Netanyahu Meeting

The main story today is a report that Obama has lost confidence in their prime minister

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By Uri Friedman

May 20, 2011

The Tense Diplomacy of the Obama-Netanyahu Visit

Before Obama's big speech, a "furious phone call" between Netanyahu and Clinton

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By Uri Friedman

May 20, 2011

Clinton Repeats Qaddafi's Oil Minister, Family Have Fled

The Libyan government says otherwise

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By Uri Friedman

May 19, 2011

New Al-Qaeda Leader Played Complicated Role in Daniel Pearl's Death

Saif al-Adel tipped al-Qaeda off to Pearl's kidnapping but didn't want him killed

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By Uri Friedman

May 19, 2011

Live Reactions to Obama's Middle East Speech

The President is discussing the Arab Spring, Israel-Palestine, and bin Laden

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By Uri Friedman

May 19, 2011

The Mystery Man Who Threw an Egg and Shoes at China's Web Censor

Chinese police are searching for the student who protested during a university lecture

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By Uri Friedman

May 19, 2011

Bin Laden Praises Arab Spring 'From Beyond the Grave'

Al Qaeda has released what may be the final bin Laden recording

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By Uri Friedman

May 18, 2011

Advice for Obama Ahead of His Middle East Speech

Analyst advice ranges from an apology to a unified regional strategy

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By Uri Friedman

May 18, 2011

Kuwaiti Parliament Comes to Blows in Debate Over Gitmo Detainees

Rising tensions between Shiite and Sunni lawmakers erupted today

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By Uri Friedman

May 18, 2011

U.S. Aims Sanctions at Syrian President, Specifically

Obama is toughening his stance on Syria ahead of his Middle East speech

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By Uri Friedman

May 18, 2011

Has the Arab Spring Come to Spain?

Protesters in Madrid are using social media and organizing citizen committees

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By Uri Friedman

May 18, 2011

A New Round of Reports on Yemeni President's Imminent Departure

We've seen this story before: Ali Abdullah Saleh is close to signing a deal to step down

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By Uri Friedman

May 18, 2011

Iran Releases Al Jazeera's Dorothy Parvaz

The journalist was first detained in Syria, then deported to Tehran

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By Uri Friedman

May 17, 2011

Obama's Uphill Battle in the Muslim World

Ahead of his speech on Thursday, a Pew report shows dour opinion of the U.S.

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By Uri Friedman

May 17, 2011

Comparing How NATO and Taliban Report the Afghan War

We place the releases from ISAF and the Taliban's side by side

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By Uri Friedman

May 17, 2011

Has Libya's Oil Minister Really Defected This Time?

Several reports suggest that Shukri Ghanem has fled to Tunisia

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By Uri Friedman

May 17, 2011

How the Bin Laden Raid Went Very Wrong Before It Went Right

The crashed helicopter radically changed the SEALs' plans

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By Uri Friedman

May 16, 2011

The Israeli Border Protests Through the Lens of the Arab Spring

Analysts say the uprisings in the Arab world touched down on Israel yesterday

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By Uri Friedman

May 16, 2011

How 'Hotel-Room Journalism' Uncovered a Qaddafi Bunker

Facing media restrictions, Sky News turned to Google, Twitter, and Skype

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By Uri Friedman

May 16, 2011

Ai Weiwei's Wife Describes Artist as 'Conflicted, Contained'

Lu Qing was allowed to visit the detained Chinese artist for the first time on Sunday

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By Uri Friedman

May 16, 2011

Prosecutor Requests Arrest Warrants for Qaddafi

The ICC is building a crimes against humanity case against the Libyan leader

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By Uri Friedman

May 13, 2011

Suzanne Mubarak Has a Heart Attack After Questioning, Too

The wife of Egypt's former president has been detained as part of a corruption investigation

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By Uri Friedman

May 13, 2011

Qaddafi Says He's 'In a Place Where You Can't Get Me'

The Libyan leader delivers an audio message to quell speculation he's left Tripoli

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By Uri Friedman

May 13, 2011

George Mitchell Will Resign as Obama's Mideast Envoy

He says it's for personal reasons, but analysts are searching for the larger meaning

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By Uri Friedman

May 13, 2011

Latest Qaddafi Rumor: He's Wounded and Left Tripoli

The report comes a day after one reporter suggested Qaddafi was hiding out at a hotel

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By Uri Friedman

May 13, 2011

What Four Miles of Yemeni Protesters Looks and Sounds Like

Massive crowds gathered in the capital as Ali Abdullah Saleh remained defiant

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By Uri Friedman

May 13, 2011

Syria's Pledge Not to Shoot Protesters Put to the Test

Demonstrations have again erupted across the country after Friday prayers

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By Uri Friedman

May 13, 2011

Taliban Bombing Kills 80 in 'First Revenge for Osama's Martyrdom'

The suicide attacks targeted a military training center in Pakistan

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By Uri Friedman

May 12, 2011

Osama Bin Laden Had a High-Speed Courier Connection

The AP explains how the al-Qaeda leader sent email

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By Uri Friedman

May 12, 2011

Rami Makhlouf: The Man the Syrian Regime Is Distancing Itself From

The country's most powerful businessman gave a controversial interview to the Times

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By Uri Friedman

May 12, 2011

You Can Follow the Taliban on Twitter

The militant group is now tweeting in English for the first time

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By Uri Friedman

May 12, 2011

Middle East Bloggers Wonder If Obama Is Watching

A New York Times report says the President "surfs the blogs of experts on Arab affairs"

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By Uri Friedman

May 12, 2011

Al-Qaeda Threatens Obama's Grandmother

Police officers are now patrolling her home in Kenya 24 hours a day

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By Uri Friedman

May 12, 2011

Demjanjuk Found Guilty of Nazi Death Camp Murders

The retired U.S. autoworker was found guilty of 28,060 counts of accessory to murder

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By Uri Friedman

May 12, 2011

Media Diet

Lizzie O'Leary: What I Read

The Bloomberg correspondent describes her Media Diet

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By Uri Friedman

May 11, 2011

Why Is Russia Keeping the U.N. from Condemning Syria?

Russia is Syria's ally and a champion of national sovereignty

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By Uri Friedman

May 11, 2011

Mark S. Zuckerberg Has His Facebook Account Deleted

Facebook assumed the bankruptcy attorney was impersonating its founder

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By Uri Friedman

May 11, 2011

Deadly Earthquake Hits Southern Spain

The magnitude 5.3 quake struck the Murcia region

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By Uri Friedman

May 11, 2011

Deadly Violence Erupts Across Yemen

At least one person is dead after security forces shot at thousands of protesters in Sanaa

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By Uri Friedman

May 11, 2011

Where Is the First Lady of Syria, Asma Al-Assad?

She may have fled to London, but has vanished from Vogue's web site

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By Uri Friedman

May 11, 2011

Al Jazeera Says Syria Deported Its Captive Reporter to Iran

Syria says Dorothy Parvaz entered the country illegally with an expired Iranian visa

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By Uri Friedman

May 11, 2011

Earthquake Prophecy Sends Thousands Fleeing from Rome

A self-taught seismologist predicted in 1979 that a "big one" would hit today

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By Uri Friedman

May 11, 2011

Egyptian Blogger Renews Censorship Charge Against Flickr

The photo service took down pictures of Mubarak's state security officers

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By Uri Friedman

May 10, 2011

Scott Brown Will Finally See the Real Bin Laden Death Photos

The CIA is inviting two Senate committees to view the images

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By Uri Friedman

May 10, 2011

Syria Might Not Get That Human Rights Council Seat, After All

Kuwait will replace Syria as a candidate

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By Uri Friedman

May 10, 2011

Media Tiptoes Around Link Between Drone Strikes and Bin Laden Raid

Another U.S. drone strike in Pakistan killed four militants today

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By Uri Friedman

May 10, 2011

Hillary Clinton: China 'Trying to Stop History, Which Is a Fool's Errand'

The secretary of state suggested that China's political system will collapse

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By Uri Friedman

May 10, 2011

Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion

The Internet phone company's CEO, Tony Bates, will stay on

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By Uri Friedman

May 9, 2011

Journalists Launch Crusade Against Bin Laden Raid Infographics

They say some news outlets simply made up elements of their visual depictions

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By Uri Friedman

May 9, 2011

Citizen Journalism in the Arab World: A Messy 'First Draft of History'

NPR's Andy Carvin tries to discover the origin of an execution video

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