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MideastChannel

  1. Via @nprnews: Weighing The 'Yemen Option' For Syria n.pr/JAqnGM
  2. How Economic Reforms are Contributing to the Conflict in Syria npr.org/blogs/money/20…
  3. Why is Syria Locked in Endless Conflict? @nprnews npr.org/blogs/money/20…
  4. Philip Gourevitch on Syria, round 2 @newyorker newyorker.com/online/blogs/n…
  5. and if you didn't catch 'Al Qaeda in Yemen' last night, you can stream it here: pbs.org/wgbh/pages/fro…
  6. join @guardian and @frontlinepbs for a live chat at 2:30ET on the 'Al Qaeda in Yemen' documentary guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/…
  7. today's Mideast brief on the "Flame" virus & the latest on Syria: mideast.foreignpolicy.com/category/topic…
  8. @natsecheather National Security Network on Syria: How to do more good than harm nsnetwork.org/syria-how-to-d…
  9. live chat going now at The New Yorker w/ Philip Gourevitch about Syria newyorker.com/online/blogs/a…
  10. Yemen's Waves of Displaced by Kafa Al-Hashli: warscapes.com/reportage/yeme…
  11. today's daily brief on the protests in Egypt & the massacre in Syria mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/…
  12. Check out FP's @davidkenner "The Idiot's Guide to Egypt's election" blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/…