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a fourth time this year, after an attack on the pipeline Monday night. Masked gunman reportedly blew up part of the gas terminal at El Arish in the Sinai. The assailants reportedly threatened the guards and forced them to flee, after which witnesses said they heard a large explosion followed by a fir

on Monday and they also tried to force their way into the French embassy building. Others attempted to break into the residence of U.S. ambassador Robert Ford. The protests, presumed to have been organized by the Al-Assad government, came after visits by the U.S. and French ambassadors last week to the o

have diversity in our religious beliefs ... because we're a tolerant society." Yet only weeks earlier, ISIS had downed a Russian airliner over the Sinai, thus targeting the distinctly intolerant regime of Vladimir Putin. The Islamic State's justification for that attack was identical to the one it ga

pponents. He was a good man, the story went, but the government was forcing him into criminality. And then, the governor of Missouri cut a deal with Robert Ford to kill James. That a government official had colluded to murder a citizen added fuel to the idea that Westerners were in danger from an overweenin

the region. Last week's attack on the Eilat road should be understood in this context. Some are hypothesizing that new Islamist groups forming in the Sinai or Palestinian groups in Gaza operating outside Hamas' control carried out the attack. But while such organizations might formally be separate from H

f reform, with the US largely working behind the scenes. For the west, the most powerful and poignant moment in recent months came when US ambassador Robert Ford travelled to Hama, scene of protests, to show solidarity and monitor the regime's actions. His quiet move warmed usually hostile Sunni communities el