Cluster Bombs in Syria

In Iraq, more than two million Shia Muslim pilgrims gathered in Karbala on Sunday without a single bombing! FSA forces are indeed increasingly gaining ground against Assad; large protests planned in Egypt today; and Samsung keeps amazing new customers!

Car bombs and golden eggs in Syria-- trying to make sense of the most recent conflicts in Aleppo and how they fit into the bigger picture; deep thoughts on life and what matters; and the Lebanese are surprisingly happy people.

Syria is dying. Bashar al-Assad has made it clear that the price of his removal is the death of the nation and the shift to armed insurgency has produced catastrophic results; Saudi Arabia: 2012 Year in Review; and photos from the Salafi-Jihadi Protest at the French Embassy.