- The Middle East's hair trigger (Mmegi)
TEL AVIV - Across the Middle East, a fatalistic conventional wisdom is taking hold: war is unavoidable. Some see war as a way of resolving an increasingly deadlocked situation, shaking up a dysfunctional regional order whose main actors are not only at loggerheads, but are also incapable of resolving the legitimacy deficits of their respective regimes.
- Sunnis Who Fled Iraq Remain In Exile (NPR)
Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, about 4 million Iraqis have fled their homes. Another 2 million have fled the country entirely. Throughout the war, NPR's Deborah Amos has spent much of her time with Iraqis who fled to Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. She has a new book out: Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile and Upheaval in the Middle East.
- News Middle East (Aljazeera)
Lebanon's rival political parties have adjourned talks on Hezbollah's weapons to April 15. Tuesday's national defence strategy talks, which were launched in 2006, have repeatedly been adjourned because of the successive political crises that have shaken Lebanon.
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