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Scott Peterson

Scott Peterson writes for The Christian Science Monitor.

Turkey displays a new level of religious nationalism in Syria campaign

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has likened Turkey's army to Ottoman troops in WWI, calling them martyrs fighting for their religion.

March 28, 2018

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Iraq's Shi'ite pilgrimage to martyr's tomb reveres recently slain fighters too

Nearly 14 million people marched to Imam Hussein's shrine in Karbala this year.

November 16, 2017

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Turkey’s president builds an Islamic nationalism while amassing power

(The Christian Science Monitor) The builder-handyman and his fiancée, a cleaner, work for a small Istanbul company that has been go...

March 27, 2017

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In Middle East conflicts, families struggle to care for elderly members

(The Christian Science Monitor) War and its problems are never far from Jafar Ghazi’s family....

January 17, 2017

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Qassem Soleimani, a new kind of Iranian national hero

(The Christian Science Monitor) For years Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, worked from the shadows, conduct...

February 16, 2016

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ISIS takes over Taliban's anti-government stance in Afghanistan

(The Christian Science Monitor) A driver by trade, with hands worn from hard work, Sayed Jan is not a man who scares easily....

December 3, 2015

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In northern Iraq, casualties as Kurds push back Islamic State

(The Christian Science Monitor) Bulldozers equipped with steel plates welded over their cockpits to thwart snipers are digging earth b...

March 16, 2015

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In northeast Iraq, flashes of resistance against IS militants

(The Christian Science Monitor) Upon a small card table set in the mud, on ground once controlled by the Islamic State, an Iraqi A...

December 18, 2014

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Iraqi Sunnis pay heavy toll for fighting against IS

(The Christian Science Monitor) Iraqi Sheikh Naim al-Gaood was awakened before dawn with the grim news that Islamic State fighters had launch...

December 16, 2014

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Iraqi leaders created Islamic State problem and can end it, say Iraqi Sunnis

(The Christian Science Monitor) An Iraqi truck driver knows how Sunni militants are created in Iraq—he nearly became one....

September 22, 2014

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Can Sunni recruits help a new Iraqi national guard take on IS?

(The Christian Science Monitor) Plans to create a locally recruited Iraqi national guard to fight the Islamic State are gaining traction amon...

September 18, 2014

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Islamic State: Iraqi leaders created the problem and can end it, say Sunnis

(The Christian Science Monitor) An Iraqi truck driver knows just how Sunni militants are created in Iraq—he nearly became one....

September 16, 2014