1. After more than a decade of unwinding its military entanglement in the Mideast, the US is on the verge of a fresh adventure in the region. Washington said that it is lining up with European powers 'to take decisive military action' against Islamic State in war-torn Libya, where a UN-backed unity government is faltering. The failed state in Libya highlights why the US has done an about-face on intervention - and just how little benefit the region has gotten from the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions that toppled hated dictators. Talk of new military action in Libya comes five years after Nato-led airstrikes there set the stage for today's civil war.
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