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In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 file photo, a Syrian boy shouts slogans against the regime in front of a flag of the armed Islamic opposition group, the Nusra front, during a demonstration in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. (AP/ Manu Brabo)


Opinion: Of Extremism and Counter-extremism

Opinion: Of Extremism and Counter-extremism

Within days of each other, both France and Britain moved away from their initial enthusiasm to arm the Syrian opposition, adopting the US stance on the issue under the pretext of “the growing influence of Takfirist groups” among the rebel forces fighting against the...
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In this May 25, 2013 photo, debris is scattered among the ruins of the Himayathul Islamic Boarding School in the Mingalar Zayone neighborhood of Meikhtila, Myanmar. Source: AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe


Myanmar jails Buddhists in Islamic school massacre

Myanmar jails Buddhists in Islamic school massacre

Yangon, AP—A Myanmar court sentenced seven Buddhists to between three and 15 years in jail for their roles in a massacre at an Islamic boarding school that left dozens of students and teachers dead, while a Muslim convicted in one related killing received a life...
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Iraqi’s take part in a funeral for a man said to have been killed during fighting in Syria’s Sit Zeinab neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of Damascus, in Basra on May 6, 2013. AFP Photo/Razmi Al-Shaban


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Fighters from the Free Syrian Army man a roadblock north of Aleppo, on June 5 2013 (AAA)


Northern Aleppo’s sectarian strife

Northern Aleppo’s sectarian strife

Aleppo, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the last few days in the northern Aleppo suburbs, more than 20 people have been killed in clashes between fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) on one side and Shi’ite and Kurdish fighters on the other, underlining the growing sectarian...