Afghanistan 

• Afghanistan and the US
• Afghanistan Online
• CIA World Factbook
• Frontline: Conflict Zones: Pakistand and Afghanistan
• LoC Country Guides
• RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan)

 Iraq 

• BBC News: The Struggle for Iraq
• Infoplease: Iraq Primer
• Inside Iraq (news)
• Political Crisis in Iraq (UN Security Council)
• Iraq Maps
• LOC Country Study: Irag
• Iraq War Web Archive
• LOC Global Gateway: Iraq
• War on Terrorism Resource Guides

 Israel and Palestinians 

• Battle for the Holy Land
  Website from PBS show Frontline detailing the history and current issues involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• BBC News: Israel and the Palestinians
  News stories, analysis, timeline, maps, documents, biographies, photojournal, Q&A section, web links and more from the BBC.
• Gaza's Old Wounds
  History of Gaza in 16 photographs, representing ancient times to the present. From Newsweek magazine.
• Haaretz.com
  Independent Israeli newspaper.
• Israel at 60
  BBC News special report with history, maps, pictures, charts, analysis, and news stories.
• Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org
  "This site presents in a simple, nonpartisan pro-con format, responses to the core question 'What are the solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?' " Organized by topic.
• PRIME: Peace Research Institute in the Middle East
  "Nonprofit organization established by Palestinian and Israeli researchers [whose] purpose is to pursue mutual coexistence and peace-building through joint research and outreach activities."

 Miscellaneous 

• AL-BAB
  Information about the Arab world, with country guides, news, and articles on society and culture, current events, and travel.
• Al Jazeera English - AJE
  English-language version of prominent Middle East television news organization, originally broadcasting in Arabic.
• BBC News: Iran
  Current Iran news, backgrounders, highlights.
• Eternal Egypt
  "The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more."
• Frontline: Conflict Zones: Pakistand and Afghanistan
  Current news and special reports.
• Global Connections: The Middle East
  Resources about the politics, history, religion, and culture of the Middle East from PBS.
• History in the News: Middle East
  From SUNY Albany, a site covering the history, society, economics, religion, and culture of the Middle East.

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