Author: Shahid Bolsen

I do not call upon the present Islamist leaders to cede leadership of the movement and its parties to the next generation; I ask them to cede to anyone, young or old, who actually has ideas and strategies and understanding.

There is apparently an ongoing crisis in Armenia, as gunmen have stormed a police headquarters in Yeravan, holding the police hostage, and calling for the release of Jirair Sefilyan, a jailed Armenian leader who opposes Azerbaijan’s role in the Nogorno-Karabakh dispute; a dispute in which Turkey strongly supports Azerbaijan and Russia supports Armenia. Reportedly, there…