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A historic moment in the Middle East
Mark Sappenfield
What just happened in Syria? In his Patterns column today, Ned Temko calls this a “fall of the Berlin Wall” moment for the Middle East. The challenges will be enormous, and Ned lays them out carefully. But stunningly, a ruthless dictator is gone as crowds chanted, “One, one, the Syrian people are one!”
