A devastating phrase in an enlightening article in L'Orient-le Jour strikes me: "nous avons nous aussi préparé nos examens sous les obus, et pointé au travail après des nuits blanches dans les abris de fortune. Oui, nous avons essuyé quelques tirs de roquettes sur les campus des facs où logeaient aussi, parfois, des réfugiés. Mais non, nous n’avons jamais perdu 80 étudiants d’un coup. Des architectes. Des qui espéraient un jour participer à la reconstruction d’un pays dont on ne compte plus les ruines. Et non, il n’y a plus matière à comparaison depuis longtemps".
Tracking the events in Iraq - in the whole region, actually - might be a colossal task. Particularly so during the Summer, when it is sometimes even difficult to grasp a single headline. We all are aware about something called ISIS - or IS, as of lately - that seems to be messing around from Lebanon to Iran. A group of bearded man that scares everybody, the only ones able to force Obama to reconsider his mantra of non-intervention and to make Assad look like a harmless puppy. We've read about them, we've seen tons of maps showing their advance, we've heard rumours and conjectures. In case you've missed half of it, there go a few basic things you need to know about them. And yes, they are creepy!
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