Tag: Syria

While Syria is torn apart by the warring of U.S. imperialists and Islamic fundamentalists – leaving its children to die of starvation – another country plans to take advantage of the chaos by stealing resources from Syria’s southern region.

For all its shortcomings, Obama’s seemingly improvised Syria strategy has taken advantage of unexpected opportunities. This could be the latest.

The strange alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia

"For us, we took it as our sign, which symbolizes for us the struggle for peace, democracy and freedom. A community … united against the killing.”

Those who engage Syria with limited will and limited means must set limited goals if they are to accomplish even a limited amount of good.

The attacks came less than a month after the US officially warned that the Islamic State would target European “festivals” and “outdoor markets” during the Holiday season.

Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was assassinated Monday at an art exhibition in Ankara.

The attack comes just one day before Russia, Turkey, and Iran were due to hold talks over the ongoing conflict in Syria.

Syria is much more diverse a country than it might seem from cold social statistics.

Russia’s success in shaping the outcome of the Syrian struggle has made Moscow a player in the region again for the first time since the fall of the old Soviet Union.