Tag: Bashar Assad

Syria’s disarray has drawn attention away from Gaza and the Palestinian cause, sidelining a crisis that demands focus.

The effect of the sanctions imposed by many Western countries, starting with the U.S., adds a final obstacle.

[T]he U.S. has been at the forefront of manipulating and interfering in the crisis since the outbreak.

The U.S. and China are building rival global coalitions as the U.N. stumbles.

What is the West doing? It is truly angry, but in the reality of the Middle East, this is simply not enough.

[H]aving once latched onto the resource-rich depths of Syria, the U.S. and its partners still can’t break the habit of leeching off of other people's riches.

Washington is comfortable negotiating with Iran because Tehran is the wolf in this scenario, behaving as it should and as expected.

What kind of sovereignty and territorial integrity can we speak of when the Americans and Turks stay in Syria regardless of all the international laws?

The U.S. now has to deal with a dictator who is obsessed with regaining control of all of Syria, even if that means its destruction.

The bottom line is that the U.S. still considers its military presence in [Iraq] to be strategic, but it will now take a less politically costly form for both Baghdad and Washington