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Special Report – Syria’s Islamists Seize Control as ‘Moderate’s Dither

Special Report – Syria’s Islamists Seize Control as ‘Moderate’s Dither:

As the Syrian civil war got under way, a former electrician who calls himself Sheikh Omar built up a brigade of rebel fighters. In two years of struggle against President Bashar al-Assad, they came to number 2,000 men, he said, here in the northern city of Aleppo. Then, virtually overnight, they collapsed.

Omar’s group, Ghurabaa al-Sham, wasn’t defeated by the government. It was dismantled by a rival band of revolutionaries – hardline [...]

Obama’s Folly: Why We Cannot Negotiate with the Taliban, by Dr. Martin Parsons

Obama’s Folly: Why We Cannot Negotiate with the Taliban, by Dr. Martin Parsons:

Fifteen years ago, I had to negotiate with senior members of the Taliban. I was an aid worker in Afghanistan and needed their permission to set up a development project in a remote area they controlled the access to. What was clear to me then is still clear to me now – namely, that their whole way of thinking is so radically different from western assumptions that to think [...]

Teens in Jordan Think ‘Honor Killings’ are Justified

Teens in Jordan Think ‘Honor Killings’ are Justified:

Belief that honor killings are justified is still common among Jordanian teenagers, a Cambridge University study revealed on Thursday.

The study by researchers from the university’s Institute of Criminology found that almost half of boys and one in five girls interviewed in the capital, Amman, believe that killing a daughter, sister or wife who has “dishonored” or shamed the family is justified.

“Researchers surveyed over 850 students, and found that attitudes in support of honor [...]