A resident looks at his house damaged by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on the outskirts of Taftanaz village, east of Idlib city September 30. Courtesy of Shaam News Network/Reuters
Why Syria Turmoil Threatens Middle East -- Fareed Zakaria, CNN
As Syria continues its descent into civil war, the terrible humanitarian tragedy occurring is unfolding in plain view: 20,000 dead, 250,000 refugees outside the country by some accounts, over a million people internally displaced.
There seems no easy solution to end the crisis. But now, Syria’s neighbors are getting worried. Syria’s problems will not stay confined to Syria. Syria is a multi-sectarian society with shared identities with groups in other countries. As a result, the sectarian tensions that are being unleashed there are also spilling over from Syria’s borders.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
A New Course for the Middle East -- Mitt Romney, Wall Street Journal
Rebels With a Cause, But Not Much Consensus -- Ammar Abdulhamid, Foreign Policy
Anatomy of a massacre that bodes ill for Syria's future -- Hassan Hassan, The National
Muffling the drums of war with Iran -- Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Notorious North Korean prison camp is reportedly shuttered -- Bradley Martin, Global Post
Turkey: Little Optimism Over Kurdish Rebel Negotiations -- Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar, Global Voices
Inside the Prison That Beat a President: How Georgia’s Saakashvili Lost His Election -- Simon Shuster, Time
Beware Russia's hand in elections in Georgia, Ukraine, Lithuania -- Janusz Bugajski, Christian Science Monitor
Congress fails to reauthorize the Pentagon’s mission in Iraq -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy
How the US squandered its influence in Iraq -- Michael Weiss, The New Criterion
Obama’s soft policies for Gitmo terrorists -- J.D. Gordon, Washington Times
Benghazi Was Obama's 3 a.m. Call -- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
When intel meets the political debate -- Michael Hayden, Washington Post
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