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A Free Syrian Army commander addresses his fellow fighters near the Justice Palace, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo October 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Hamid Khatib)
Debate: The Egypt-Turkey rift is a victory for Iran
Despite the sectarian, ethnic, linguistic, and ideological diversity in the Middle East, there are some ground rules governing the political arena in the region. It is true that some of these rules are not as much logical as customary, others are considered to be...Caption:
File photo of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan making the Rabaa Al-Adawiya sign during a speech.
Debate: The Egypt-Turkey rift is not a victory for Iran
Much of the ruling establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomed the Arab Spring when it broke out in Tunisia and Egypt. After all, events in those two countries removed two secular and pro-American Arab regimes that had been on hostile terms with Iran. This...Caption:
A United Nations (UN) arms expert collects samples as they inspect the site where rockets had fallen in Damascus’ eastern Ghouta suburb during an investigation into a suspected chemical weapons strike near the capital. AFP PHOTO /AMMAR AL-ARBINI
Opinion: Why did the Assad regime use chemical weapons?
So just why did the Assad regime use chemical weapons? A simple and direct answer to that question is that the Assad regime used chemical weapons because criminality is a core philosophy of this regime, which has ruled Syria over the past five decades according to the...Caption:
Abu Khalid (centre) with the Euphrates Knights. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Hannah Lucinda Smith)