Guide to Understanding the Middle East

The Middle East, explained in one (sort of terrifying) chart
By Max Fisher

Published: August 26

What could be simpler than the Middle East? A well-known Egyptian blogger who writes under the pseudonym The Big Pharaoh put together this chart laying out the region’s rivalries and alliances. He’s kindly granted me permission to post it, so that Americans might better understand the region. The joke is that it’s not a joke; this is actually pretty accurate.

Idiots Guide to Middle East

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[Editor’s note:  It came from the Washington Post.  It must be true…]

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