How both sides are preventing civilians escaping the horror in Syria siege
Eastern Ghouta has held out longest because it was large, strongly held and could grow part of its own food. But last year the government tightened the siege
Compare the lack of interest shown by the international media, politicians and assorted celebrities to the cholera epidemic, leading to the death of thousands of Haitians, with the hysterical outrage expressed about Oxfam officials consorting with prostitutes
Former Isis fighters say that Turkey is using the name of the now defunct, Western-backed Free Syrian Army to conceal its use of jihadi mercenaries
The poor judgement of the very people who are meant to be a restraining force on Trump was shown when Tillerson made a classic blunder that may have negative results for the US for years to come
The present Turkish incursion shows that Ankara is not going to allow a new Kurdish state under US protection to be created in northern Syria and will fight rather than let this happen
Prolonged clashes with Turkish forces may suit Kurdish fighters who want to increase international pressure on Ankara, but it is something Washington wants to avoid
Extended battle against Turkey seems likely
Turkish assault on Kurdish enclave threatens to open deadly new phase in bloody seven-year civil war
Trump and his generals have convinced themselves they just need to kick the Iranian regime and it will collapse
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