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In this photo made from the footage taken from the Russian Defense Ministry official website on October 9, 2015, a bomb is released from a Russian Su-34 strike fighter in Syria. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Opinion: Syrian Quicksand

by Ali Ibrahim | Oct 11, 2015 | Opinion

Anyone observing current events in the Middle East must be wringing their hands in the face of such a perplexing and catastrophic situation. The gambles which some countries are making now risk inflaming the Syrian crisis into a third world war—or at the very least a...

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Protesters throw Molotov cocktails towards a water cannon during clashes with police on October 10, 2015 at the Gazi district in Istanbul, a few hours after a deadly terrorist attack in Ankara that killed at least 86 people. (AFP Photo/Yasin Akgul)

Scuffles break out as police hold back Turkish mourners

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 11, 2015 | Middle East

Ankara, AP—Scuffles broke out Sunday in the Turkish capital as police used tear gas to prevent pro-Kurdish politicians and other mourners from laying carnations at the site of two suspected suicide bombings that killed 95 people and wounded hundreds in Turkey’s...