A Sunni Sheikh (l.) leads people in prayer at Osama Bin Zayed mosque in Aleppo, Syria, August 9, 2013, calling upon worshippers at the mosque to join a jihad against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Despite deep strategic differences, Iran sees its interests as aligned with the US over containing the growing contingent of Sunni jihadis in the ranks of those fighting against Assad's regime. Hamid Khatib/Reuters
US And Iran Both Fear Jihadis In Syria, But Far Apart On War -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor
Neither the US nor Iran wants Al Qaeda to win. But Iran has vowed to fight hard to keep Bashar al-Assad in power.
Iran and the US may not agree on much, particularly when it comes to Syria. But despite deep strategic differences, Iran sees its interests as aligned with the US over containing the growing contingent of Sunni jihadis in the ranks of those fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
While US President Obama is trying to drum up support for an attack on Syria over US contentions that chemical weapons were used by the government, Iran has been trying to dissuade the US from acting, warning it could end up helping Al Qaeda-style fighters.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Obama's Road to Damascus: The War for Regime Change in Syria -- Dominic Tierney, The Atlantic
Response and responsibility for Syria -- Fawaz Turki, Special to Gulf News
G20 wraps with Putin, Obama still at odds over Syria -- Fred Weir, Christian Science monitor
Putin Overwhelms Obama at the Sulky Summit -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Sooner or later, Russia and the US will have to settle old scores -- Alan Philps, The National
When It Came To Iran's Economic Health, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Apparently Cooked The Books -- Jamsheed Choksy, Forbes
Egypt and its patrons -- Paul Mutter, Arabist.net
The Muddle East: Every idea President Obama had about pacifying the Muslim world turned out to be wrong. -- Reuel Marc Gerecht, Weekly Standard
Australia is Caught Between the U.S. and China -- Michael Fullilove, New York Times
Why Is Prosperous China So Anxious? -- Orville Schell, Real Clear World
Is China Occupying 640 km of Indian Territory? -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
Xi Jinping, China's Strongman in the Making? -- Gordon G. Chang, World Affairs
Rodman just a toy for N. Korea's Kim -- Sung-Yoon Lee, Special to CNN
Tony Abbott poised for victory in Australia elections -- Lenore Taylor, The Guardian
Online privacy: Americans worried about Facebook, not NSA, poll finds -- Katherine Jacobsen, Christian Science Monitor
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