The war in Syria has played up all the classic clichés that have defined the Middle East for the last many decades: democracy versus authoritarianism, imperialism or post colonialism versus freedom fighters, the United States versus Russia, and last, but by no means least, Sunni versus Shia. It is the last category that has defined […]
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