Opinion: Better late than never

Barack Obama's change of attitude and his adoption of a more aggressive policy in Syria has taken us all unawares. Although the opposition says his decision came late, being late is better than not coming at all. Following the White House’s admission that the Assad regime has overstepped the red line by using chemical weapons and that it will be punished for this, now we have become more distant from Geneva II and are moving closer to Libya II. The endeavor now will be towards toppling th...

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Opinion: This repulsive war has only just begun

What is the state of Sunni–Shi’ite rapprochement? What is left of this rapprochement after the Khomeinist current, which dominates the Shi’ite arena, has lost its last Sunni cover, represented by the Azhar scholars and the jurisprudents' wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, represented by Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi? Efforts to bring Islamic sects closer, especially the Sunni and Shi’ite, have been going on for a long time. One of its recent episodes in our time was the establishment of an...

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