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John McDermott, our chief Africa correspondent, writes about the Middle East crisis
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Pressure from America and its allies can prevent a return to fighting

Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, asks how long the escalation in Iran can last

Tom Gardner, our Africa correspondent, watches an American-led effort to fight jihadism

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Even if, at the political level, its direction is a mess

Nicolas Pelham writes about the terror unfolding across the country