A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon towards a Syrian military warplane (not pictured) in Aleppo’s al-Amereya district December 12, 2012. REUTERS/Saleh Anadani
Story Summary
A video posted on the Internet shows Sunni Muslim rebels burning a Shiite mosque in north Syria — a sign that the country’s civil war is spiralling into a sectarian conflict.
Minority groups fear an Islamist takeover and many Christians, Shiites and Kurds are reluctant to support an armed revolt that included several Sunni extremist rebel units.
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Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Dec-14/198504-sunni-syrian-rebels-burn-shiite-mosque-video.ashx#ixzz2F7aYeMtn
(The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)
Categories: Arab World, Asia, Syria
Why is it always easier to obtain funds to destabilze a country (such as to obtain the weapons in this photo) rather than to develop and rebuild a country? (rebels are well armed, civilian refugees are not well looked after).