Today’s post will focus on some interesting current events related to the Middle East.
First, a note on following news from the Middle East: English language-reporting can be inaccurate and severely lacking, even in major news outlets. This isn’t meant to disparage anyone; it’s just that anyone who doesn’t speak Arabic will miss things, little subtleties and nuances that can make a world of difference. We’ll go into this in a separate post, but for now suffice to say that I take any reporting or analysis of the Middle East by those who don’t speak Arabic with a grain of salt and often disregard it completely.
If you can, it is always best to access primary source-information (much easier in this age of social media), compare several articles, and, above all, form your own conclusions.