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Assad with a demoralised army in return tended to augment the sectarian feature of the conflict with the Iranian intervention, as Iran brought in its proxy Shite fundamentalist group of Hezbollah to the fray along with Iraqi fundamentalist Shiite militias. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Turkey are supporting the... -
Turkey stands by doing nothing while US bombs have been unable to slow down Islamic State fighters: The battle for Kobani has revealed the West’s helplessness in the face of radical jihad. Worries of a massacre are growing. By SPIEGEL Staff — October 13, 2014 | Hamburg, Germany It’s an eerie...