Interesting article discussing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claim that “Muslims discovered the Americas three centuries before Christopher Columbus” as an attempt to reshape Turkey’s
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Reactions to Reflections on the Arab Uprisings
Reactions to Reflections on the Arab Uprisings. Here is a very thoughtful response to the previous post by Mark Lynch on how the Arab Spring
Reflections on the Arab uprisings -Washington Post
“It is not difficult to understand this intense urge to take stock, given the sorry state of the region and catastrophic results of virtually every
Should the West stop intervening in the Middle East? -CBC
“Is it right for Western nations to intervene abroad using military force? There are few questions in our time that are as incendiary. There are
Canada is at war with ISIS, not Syria, Stephen Harper says -CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-is-at-war-with-isis-not-syria-stephen-harper-says-1.2834871 “the only way we can get a solution in Syria is some kind of political compromise between moderate elements of the opposition as well
iraq’s shiite militias to the rescue: force for sectarian unity or thorn in anbar’s side? -niqash
Someone once said politics makes for strange bedfellows: “Shiite militias are making inroads into the mainly Sunni province of Anbar. Previously Anbar’s Sunni tribes have