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Though they largely put down the putsch, many then turned their wrath on Alawites, a largely impoverished minority that constitutes some 10% of the country’s population and which dominated Assad-era security services and state bureaucracy.

The Democrats dominated politics during the middle third of the 20th century, even as the party couldn’t even agree on whether to let Black people vote.

As China dominates the Congolese mineral sector, there could be "a widening strategic gap, where adversarial nations continue to monopolise Africa's resources", the letter to Rubio said.

The usual public comment period during Tuesday’s meeting was dominated by criticism of the commission for allowing such a scandal to occur on its watch.

In the end, these were two ambitious, power-hungry clans aiming to dominate Filipino politics, and there was not enough power for them to share.