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Opinion: The Aleppo Tangle and the Iranian-Russian Plan

Russia’s victory in enabling the regime and Iran’s militias to enter eastern Aleppo will comprise a major turning point in the Syrian war and will lead to a major disruption in the balance of forces to favor Iran, its militias, and the Assad regime

Opinion: Lausanne… Conflicting Paths

The Syrian war, which displays open geographical boundaries, requires closure at the level of all the region’s nations. This is a measure demanding coordination which is still not there, due to the sharp Russian-American clash.

Assad Says WWIII is In the Air

The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claimed in an interview to Russia’s Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper that the smell of WWIII is in the air. Following is the full text, as published by SANA, the official news agency.

Opinion: Opposition on Verge of Abandoning Political Process

This development represents a departure by the opposition because of the blatant shift in Russia’s role from a joint position in international oversight of the political process, alongside the US, to a direct party to the war, alongside the regime, against the Syrian people

Opinion: Let Us Announce Our Defeat

“It is Syrians alone — opposition or loyalist — who have no interest in continuing the conflict and this absurd war, and this back and forth between two nihilistic forces, the regime and its opposition”

Opinion: Syria and the US Elections

Bashar al-Assad and the Iranians are working to impose their agenda on the next US president from now

Salamah Kilah: America Sold Syria to Russia

US betrayed Syrian revolution because it wanted to destroy the country’s military infrastructure as it did in Iraq, says prominent thinker and author

President Assad’s Interview With AP

President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Associated Press published Thursday. Following is the full text as appeared on SANA, the Syrian official news agency:

Was it Assad or the Russians?

Besides the U.S., no one but Assad and the Russians has an air force in Syria

What Hasn’t Obama Done to Save Bashar?

The danger does not lie only in what has happened so far, but more in what the Obama administration may do during what remains of its term