Tuesday, May 26, 2015

In endless Sunni-Shiite battles, blood keeps flowing as the pendulum swings

There seems to be no end in sight for the religious war going on in the Middle East. More and more battlefronts are joining the long and inglorious list of cities, villages and other places where Sunnis are killing Shiites and vice versa.
A decisive victory is a long way off, and it is hard to predict which side, if any, will be the winner. For now, it seems that the two sects, which started fighting in the seventh century CE as part of the wars of succession after Mohammed’s death, will continue massacring one another for many years to come. (READ MORE)