Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Syria’s Refugees, and Turkey’s Chinese Missiles
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Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Syria’s Refugees, and Turkey’s Chinese Missiles

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Mai Shams El-Din looks at clashes between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood from the angle of al-Azhar, where the student body supports the Brotherhood but the leadership allies with the state.

Where would the 2 million Syrian refugees, along with the 5 million Syrians who have been internally displaced, fit in the United States? This interactive shows the extent of the humanitarian crisis in Syria.

Zachary Keck tells readers why Turkey is buying Chinese missile systems.

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