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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on the September attack on U.S. diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya during a hearing held by the House Foreign Affairs committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 23, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3CUXG

Al-Monitor Week in Review: 5 Key Trends, from Mali to Qatar

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Syria Requires Political Solution; Iran in Gaza; Turkey’s Kurds

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Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R) takes the podium after U.S. President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Hagel to be his new Secretary of Defense, at the White House in Washington January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense

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Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during a news conference in Najaf, some160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, January 1, 2013. Moqtada al-Sadr, head of a powerful Shi'ite movement in Iraq voiced his support for Sunni anti-government protesters, and warned of an "Iraqi Spring". REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

Al-Monitor Launches Iraq Pulse

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U.N.-Arab League peace mediator Lakhdar Brahimi (L) of Algeria and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a joint news conference in Moscow December 29, 2012. The international mediator seeking to end the 21-month-old conflict in Syria met Russia's foreign minister in Moscow on Saturday after talks in Damascus but expectations of progress toward a negotiated solution were low. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Political Process Only Alternative to 'Hell' in Syria

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The Pulse Trends: Israel, Palestine, Turkey, Lebanon

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Al-Monitor Expands 'Pulse' Coverage on Regional Trends

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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in Damascus October 21, 2012, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. International mediator Brahimi, who is pressing for a temporary ceasefire in Syria's civil war, met Assad in Damascus on Sunday, state television said. REUTERS/Sana (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE

The Endgame in Syria

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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (L) and Iran's Parliament speaker Ali Larijani (C) speak to the media after meeting in Damascus November 23, 2012, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency (SANA). REUTERS/SANA/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Iran Sends Message on Gaza, Syria

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