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Long-term thinking behind deadly Taliban restaurant attack
Twenty one civilians were killed after Taliban militants attacked a popular Lebanese restaurant in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul on January 19. The unprecedented magnitude of the tragedy, which included the deaths of an IMF official and four UN workers, prompted strong...
Syria: First Encouraging Steps
“The first contact between the authorities and opposition of Syria could not be cloudless after three years of the conflict, but Moscow is glad that such a meeting was held,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Thus, Moscow has reaffirmed its commitment to the policy of peaceful...
The Sunni-Shiite Slaughter: Who is Inciting It?
In recent days the Middle East has witnessed an exacerbation of the Sunni-Shiite conflict, which has taken the form of a fratricidal civil war in Syria, of large-scale terrorist attacks in Iraq and Lebanon, and of uprisings, civil unrest and public protests in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia...
