Ariel Zirulnick is the Monitor’s Middle East editor, overseeing regional coverage for both CSMonitor.com and the weekly magazine. She is also a contributor to the international desk’s terrorism and security blog. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/ariel-zirulnick/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Religious & Ethnic Groups Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Ariel Zirulnick https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/07/25/the-christian-science-monitor-is-tightens-its-sectarian-rule-as-iraq-taps-new-president https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/07/25/the-christian-science-monitor-is-tightens-its-sectarian-rule-as-iraq-taps-new-president Fouad Massoum was elected as Iraq’s president while the jihadi group the Islamic State destroyed Christian shrines and imposed Islamic dress on women in the country’s north.