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The lightning-fast collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has sent shock waves across the Middle East. The disposal of the dictator whose family had ruled the country with an iron fist for more than half a century has triggered a potentially seismic shift in the balance of power in…

When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant backlash. The Syrian Constitution stipulated that only Muslims could hold the presidency, and the Alawites were deemed non-Muslim by many Sunni groups.

Following its new attacks on Syria, Israel’s leaders and much of its media tout the creation of a new Middle East.

Iqbal Mohamed, one of the Independent Alliance of five MPs, went viral after his earnest defence of first cousin marriages as Parliament debated a proposal to ban them. Among other things, Mohamed said, these unions “help build up family bonds”. Implicit is the multiculturalist plea for the “equality of cultures”.…

A Muslim MP has defended the practice of marrying a first cousin and has suggested that Britain should become more like the Middle East in its approach to the issue.

KEIR Starmer has said the UK will play a more active role in the Middle East following the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria...