Neo-Sunni Alliance Accentuates Regional Sectarian Conflict
The Syrian crisis has deepened sectarian divisions in the region.
The June 23 lynching of four Shiite Muslims in Egypt and the June 16 killing of four Shiites in Lebanon mark a new escalation in a regional conflict that is growing increasingly sectarian in nature.
A new, seemingly unified front of authoritarian Sunnis and their ex-critics could construct a new (alleged) common enemy and concern for the existence of Sunnis.
