Lindsey Hilsum
War, politics and sectarianism in Syria
The war in Syria is stoking region-wide tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims, with extremists on both sides fighting for more than the downfall of the Assad regime.
The war in Syria is stoking region-wide tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims, with extremists on both sides fighting for more than the downfall of the Assad regime.
As Syria’s conflict continues to spiral downwards, is the civil war allowing religious extremists to flourish and worsen Sunni and Shia tensions? Jonathan Rugman reports.
At the heart of Syria’s bloody civil war is one of the oldest religious divide in history – that between Sunni and Shia Muslims. But what are the differences between them?