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    Iran, Egypt and the UN General Assembly

    On Day Two of the UN General Assembly’s annual session, an unwelcome reminder of the major issue on the minds of 120 world leaders:  Syrian rebels staged another deadly attack on President Assad’s military headquarters in Damascus today.  In New York, the focus was on other developments in the Middle East: the new government of Egypt, Iran’s…

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    On Day Two of the UN General Assembly’s annual session, an unwelcome reminder of the major issue on the minds of 120 world leaders: Syrian rebels staged another deadly attack on President Assad’s military headquarters in Damascus today. In New York, the focus was on other developments in the Middle East: the new government of Egypt, Iran’s nuclear progress and relations between Israel and the Palestinians.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Stewart Patrick

      Council on Foreign Relations; author of “The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World”

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      David D. Kirkpatrick

      New York Times

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      Barbara Slavin

      Atlantic Council / Al-Monitor

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    2 of 3
    UN Diplomacy and the Middle East
    1. 0:00Protests in Athens May Shake Fragile Coalition
    2. 7:14Iran, Egypt and the UN General AssemblyYou’re reading this
    3. 42:49Driverless Cars Coming Soon
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