Nicholas Kristof's Top Stories

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1. Is Assad really winning?

   blog.foreignpolicy.com ❘ Shared by Blake Hounshell and Marc Lynch

   After two years of crowing that the end of Bashar al-Assad was nigh, the official and popular perceptions in the United States and Europe of the Syrian president's staying power have shifted dramatically. There's a new narrative taking hold, fueled...

   

2. Obama’s counter-terrorism speech may alarm Israeli policy makers

   haaretz.com ❘ Shared by Haaretz.com and MJ Rosenberg

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3. Blogger sentenced to jail for insulting prophet

   cpj.org ❘ Shared by Mona Eltahawy and CPJ

   Blogger sentenced to jail for insulting prophet Istanbul, May 24, 2013--Turkish authorities should reverse on appeal the jail term handed down this week to a Turkish Armenian author and blogger who was convicted of insulting the Prophet Muhammad,...

   

4. Video: Clashes intensify in Syria's Qusayr - Alarabiya.net English

   english.alarabiya.net ❘ Shared by Frances Townsend and Al Arabiya English

   Clashes between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, aided by Hezbollah, and rebels intensified as they fought to seize Syrian town of Qusayr on Friday. Online footage shows a whole row of houses demolished after shelling in Qusayr on Thursday...

   

5. In one hard-knock British city, a secret Muslim donor helps save a synagogue

   haaretz.com ❘ Shared by sherryrehman and Husain Haqqani

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