The Rundown -- September 13

RFE/RL in the Media

# Daud Khattak writes an op-ed for "The Express Tribune" on Taliban peace talks

# NPR talks to a former RFE/RL reporter about the murder of Georgi Markov

# "Foreign Policy" cites RFE/RL coverage of the release of a Taliban commander

Syria

# Tea party extends focus to anti-intervention in Syria

# "An Anchorless World" - Roger Cohen, "The New York Times"

# "From Houston AC Repairman to Border Camp Mayor" - Alla Malek, Al Jazeera

# Ridding Syria of chemical weapons requires "boots on the ground"

# Assad speaks to Russian TV, says decision on weapons has nothing to do with U.S. threat

# At least ten U.S. nationals have joined jihadist groups in Syria

Middle East

# Al Jazeera taking legal action against Egypt on harassment of journalists

# Egypt conspiracy theories target Syrian refugees

Putin Writes

# The story behind the Putin op-ed

# The role of the Ketchum PR firm in getting pro-Kremlin content published in American media

# "Here's What Went Unmentioned" - Julia Ioffe, "The New Republic"

# Gary Kasparov had this to say

Russia

# "How Russia Took a Chance With It's Syria Plan" - Will Englund, "The Washington Post"

# Navalny submits over 50,000 pages outlining irregularities

# "Sobyanin Wins! Navalny Wins! The Kremlin Wins?" - Sean Guillory, Russia!

# The "Seven Villains" of Russia's gay rights movement

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# Female infanticide in Pakistan

# Worst border violence in years in Kashmir

# "Pakistan's 'Cyberwar' for Control of the Web" - AFP

Iraq

# "Next Door To Syria, Iraq Slowly Boils" - Larry Kaplow, NPR

# "As Iraq's Economy Tries to Rebound, Bureaucracy Brings it Down" - Tom A. Peter, Christian Science Monitor

Iran

# "The Iran Fallacy: Seeing Damascus, Thinking Tehran" - Suzanne Maloney, "Foreign Affairs"

# Iran reopens film group closed two years ago by hardliners

# Influential Israeli rabbi may meet with Rohani on UN sidelines

# Head of Russian foreign affairs committee says U.S. strike in Syria could prompt Moscow to resume arms sales to Iran

Caucasus

# Armenia seeks SCO observer status

Balkans

# Racist chants alleged during soccer match in Skopje

Of Interest

# American jihadi reportedly killed in Somalia

# A flying frog