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Iran: A Mysterious High-Level Killing
Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps march in a military parade in Tehran on Sept. 22. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran: A Mysterious High-Level Killing

The details surrounding the death of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cyberwarfare unit member do not seem to point to either a foreign hand or an internal power struggle.

Oct 4, 2013 | 16:05 GMT
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Kim Yong Nam, the head of North Korea's Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, meet in Tehran on Aug. 3. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

How Middle East Affairs Inform North Korean Strategy

Pyongyang will closely watch U.S.-Iranian talks and the U.S.-Russia deal on Syria.

Oct 4, 2013 | 12:25 GMT
Syria: Al Qaeda's Front Group Overextends Itself
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with other rebels in Albu Kamal in September 2013. (AHMAD ABOUD/AFP/Getty Images)

Syria: Al Qaeda's Front Group Overextends Itself

The Islamic State of Iraq in the Sham is making far too many enemies.

Oct 4, 2013 | 05:16 GMT
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