Jonathan Lutes

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Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian government is dominated by minority Alawites. As Assad has responded to Arab Spring protests with crimes against [...]

As Op-Ed contributor Ioan Grillo pointed out earlier this week, although any referendum that passes would face legal battles in court, both the federal government and the U.N. would be forced [...]

One week before the presidential election, one of the two candidates may have used the tragedy as an opportunity to address an aggravating cause of [...]