Selected Articles: Update on Syria
The Break-up of Syria? Washington Pushing Syrian Kurds to Declare Autonomy
By Fars News Agency, February 02 2016
Brett McGurk, the US president’s envoy to the anti-ISIL coalition group, claimed in a recent visit to Kobani that Syrian Kurds are entitled to have an autonomous state, provoking separatist groups to secede from Syria.
Naked Turkish Aggression on Syria
By Stephen Lendman, February 02 2016
Turkey is a fascist police state, Erdogan a hoodlum, an international outlaw, a tyrannical regional scourge. His aggression against Turkish and Syrian Kurds, downing a Russian SU-24 bomber in Syrian airspace, committing other provocative acts against the Russian Federation, and now cross-border shelling of targets in Syria following permission from or complicity with Washington.
Fall of the Arab Spring: From Revolution to Destruction
By Christopher L. Brennan, February 02 2016
From Libya and Egypt to Syria and Yemen, the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region is undergoing unprecedented tumult and chaos.
Russia Waiting for Explanation from NATO over Shelling of Syrian Territory from Turkey
By ITAR-TASS, February 02 2016
Russia has “irrefutable evidence” of Turkey shelling Syrian territory from large-caliber artillery.
NYT Refutes its Own Lies: Admits US-Saudi Partnership Supports the Islamic State (ISIS)
By Stephen Lendman, February 02 2016
The Times, of course, would never admit Washington unilaterally or partnered with anyone would support ISIS and other terrorist groups. His aggression against Turkish and Syrian Kurds, downing a Russian SU-24 bomber in Syrian airspace, committing other provocative acts against the Russian Federation, and now cross-border shelling of targets in Syria following permission from or complicity with Washington.