These moves are most definitely not driven by a primary focus on the plight of Syrians inside the country or any unified regional desire to improve the country’s pretty desperate circumstances
Julien Barnes-Dacey comments on the rapprochement between the Syrian government and its Arab neighbors
The recent rocket fire from Lebanon was another attempt by Hamas to open another front against Israel that would still try to leave Gaza out of the equation
The Irak war’s heritage is an anti-interventionist position across Democrats and Republicans in the United States, at least for the moment, besides special operations
Célia Belin identifies how 20 years after the Irak war, Democrats and Republicans share an anti-interventionist position.
The UN has no sanctions against the Assad regime, so they can provide aid if [the regime] allows
Western sanctions against the Assad regime are not the main cause of the slow trickle in humanitarian aid, explains Kelly Petillo
What has arrived so far is not even close to being enough
Kelly Petillo talks about the shortage of humanitarian aid in the northwest of Syria after the earthquake
Russia, backed by China, has been limiting international humanitarian assistance for years, in an attempt to deplete rebel-held areas and redirect aid toward Damascus
Kelly Petillo on the struggles of the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the earthquake-troubled regions
Without Bab al-Hawa, there is little prospect of getting cross-border aid into northwestern Syria, where the crossing is
Julien Barnes-Dacey comments on the difficulty of getting aid to the earth-quake troubled region in Northern Syria
It may be counter-intuitive, but the path towards meeting these U.S. and Western interests rests on getting a deal between the different actors before new escalation erupts.
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Julien Barnes-Dacey write about a new path for Syria’s Kurds
We’ve just gone to the brink of civil war and I wonder if, when things settle down and everybody takes a deep breath, if anyone will be held accountable?
This past week is a wake-up call to remind everyone that Iraqi politics isn’t black and white, and everyone is armed, so we need to be careful
