Feeling Syria's Pain

"Wanna hear a classic howler of Middle East coverage in the U.S. press? No problem! First, you should know that, according to WaPo, there's supposedly a wave of conversions among Syrian Sunnis to Shiism, thanks to the recent "divine victory" by Hezbollah. The story, by the redoubtable Ellen Knickmeyer, goes on to claim that "some Syrians say the government is uncomfortable with the expansion of the Shiite minority, seeing it as a sign of the growing regional influence of Iran.""
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