- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the Egyptian people and the international community are looking to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to appoint an inclusive government with women and Christians.
- The United Nations estimates 200,000 civilians have fled Syria’s Aleppo and surrounding areas in recent days.
- Turkish officials warn they might intervene in Syria, saying they will not allow Kurdish rebels to use Syrian territory as a base.
- We ask Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-Israeli Middle East analyst and politics lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel, how effective sanctions are in deterring Iran’s nuclear program.
- Since the end of Libya’s revolution in October, the country’s media industry has exploded, but there are concerns about the quality of the coverage.
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