tensionWe thought Dana Ford and Jim Sciutto of CNN did a great job summing things up succinctly in their informative article at…

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/08/world/meast/mideast-region-in-flames/index.html?hpt=hp_t5

This might be a helpful background piece if you encounter friends and donors who expect you to know about all things global, even though world politics aren’t your specialty. Just email them the link or a PDF print-out of this article.