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Eye on the World: Syria and the Middle East
The conflict that began in Syria in March 2011 has descended into civil war, as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad battle against opposition forces. Bomb attacks killed at least 30 people on Sunday night in Aleppo, the country’s largest city, which has become a center of fighting. Meanwhile, the new UN-Arab League envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, met with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in an attempt to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. And Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki faces growing pressure from the Syrian war as well as from tensions between Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds in Iraq.
With all that’s going on in the Middle East, can prayer play a role? Is there anything concerned citizens can do to help calm the region?
It can, and there is — no matter how intractable conflicts appear, prayer reminds us that we’re all united under the loving government of one God. This kind of prayer heals divisions, ends violence, and reconciles apparently disparate interests anywhere in the world.
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