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Young men and youths demonstrating against the Assad regime in the area of al Qaterji, north-east of Aleppo, waving the flag of the Free Syrian Army (photo: dpa)

The War in Syria

China, the West, and the Russians share responsibility for the suffering

Whether through active or passive participation, the international community shares responsibility for the civil war taking place in Syria, writes Salam Kawakibi of the Arab Reform Initiative from AleppoMore

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In 532, the Roman Emperor Justinian ordered the construction of an awe-inspiring church in his residence, Constantinople, "one that has never existed since Adam's time, and one that will never exist again." Around 10,000 workers were involved in its construction. For a millennium, the basilica on the Bosphorus remained Christendom’s biggest church.

The belle of the Bosphorus

The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has become a bone of contention. Since it was secularised in 1935, it has been a museum. Now Turkish nationalists want to turn it back into a mosque - while the Patriarch of Constantinople wants to use it as a church again. A photo essay by Klaus Dahmann.