Iranian missiles defend Gaza but kill Syrians

But there are Iranian missiles and bombs being used to kill other Arabs in Syrian villages, towns and cities. No one has yet explained why Iran’s military hardware is used to defend some Arabs in one place and kill other Arabs somewhere else at the same time without hurting their enemy.

A group of Islamist rebel factions in Aleppo has emphatically denounced the Syrian National Coalition and vowed to establish an Islamic state in Syria, highlighting the newly formed body’s struggle to shore up the ranks of the armed opposition.

Politics entered the papal ceremony through another route – the decision of President Morsy not to attend. Many saw this as a failure to assuage the Copts amid an Islamist presidency, but others were relieved.

At a protest on Sunday organised by a major trade union in Amman, some people dropped out when they heard a few calls for complete regime change.