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Al-Mashareq is a website sponsored by USCENTCOM to highlight movement toward greater regional stability through bilateral and multilateral cooperative arrangements. Al-Mashareq also focuses on developments that hinder both terrorist activity and support for terrorism in the region. This site features news from across and about the Middle East and features analysis, interviews and commentary by paid Al-Mashareq correspondents. It is designed to provide the audience with a portal to a broad range of information about future stability in the region.
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