“There is a massacre in Aleppo” hashtag circulated by Turkish social media users as Assad and Russian bombardment of northern city intensifies
States concerned with the conflict are rushing to divide up the country and threatening both its existence and the fate of its people
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
Syria has become divided between conflicting forces into spheres of influence
Official sources announce Russian companies intend to invest in Syria’s electricity and tourism industries in the coastal province of Lattakia
Lebanese newspaper says Putin and Obama bear responsibility for Erdogan and Assad failing to meet
If what we hear is true, the solution is based on acknowledging the status quo and surrendering to the rule of the current regime despite the killing, destruction and displacement that it has carried out over the last five years.
Russia and the United States have not yet agreed on dividing influence in the Middle East, and they are providing space to the regional countries to dive further into this quagmire
The new mechanism will be composed of intelligence services, foreign ministries and militaries of the two parties
According to leaders in the Islamist and moderate groups, Western diplomats, and officials and civilian activists in Aleppo, 10 reasons can be noted for the “Aleppo coup”
Russia and Iran’s militias launched a heavy assault on Aleppo last month, allowing Iranian forces and allied Iraqi and Lebanese sectarian militias, as well as what remains of the Syrian army still loyal to Assad, to impose a siege on eastern Aleppo
What Kerry says and what the Europeans think is not important
Sources claim Syrian president traveled to Russian capital last month to discuss terms of a settlement between regional and international powers
Moscow had positively received the U.S. letter and had tried to offer some commitments
According to a seven-page draft agreement, Moscow and Washington are considering high-level coordination beyond “carrying out air defense” in Syria’s skies, to reach a level of “direct cooperation” between the two armies and their intelligence agencies against Nusra Front and ISIS
US top diplomat to visit President Putin to discuss developments on Russia’s fronts
Washington has delivered a proposal to the Kremlin accepting joint military coordination in return for Russia pressuring Assad to end the bombing of moderates and restart political talks
Kremlin says Russian and American leaders stressed commitment to military and diplomatic cooperation in effort to defeat terrorism and arrive at political solution in Syria
Obama has taken care to place blame for Syria’s disasters on everyone except himself while his assertion that “America is safer” is no longer true
Normalization of Turkey-Russia relations might reflect positively on the Syrian crisis, Russia’s ambassador says
