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A year ago, in response to the growing strength of ISIS and outrage over internet videos of ISIS beheadings, President Obama announced a strategy on Sept. 10, 2014 to “degrade and destroy” ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
The president’s four-step plan included: a systemic campaign of airstrikes in Iraq and Syria; increased support to forces fighting ISIS on the ground in Iraq and Syria, including training and arming moderate Syrian rebels; expanded counterterrorism efforts to weaken ISIS and cut off its resources; and continued support to humanitarian assistance to civilians displaced by ISIS.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On Russia's Air Strikes In Syria
Obama’s Talk and Putin’s Blitz: A Russian Middle East Coup in Three Acts -- Claudia Rosett, PJ Media
Putin Takes on Syria -- Marvin Kalb, Time
U.S.-Russian Air War Begins Over Syria -- Mark Thompson, Time
Explain it to me: Why are Russian airstrikes in Syria such a big deal? -- Holly Yan, CNN
The 10 things that worry me about Russian airstrikes in Syria -- Daniel Drezner, Washington Post
How Risky Is Putin's Move to Join Syrian Battlefield: Q&A -- Henry Meyer & Stepan Kravchenko, Bloomberg
U.S. and Russia back opposite sides in Syria war -- CBS
Russia's Syria gambit could be a game changer – but only if it hastens transition -- Ian Black, The Guardian
Two Scenarios for Russia’s Engagement Against ISIL in Syria -- Sputnik
Things to Know About Russia’s Syria Strategy -- WSJ
Analysis: Russian military role in Syria has implications for Israel, West -- Yossi Melman, Jerusalem Post
Why Russia’s Syria war is bad news for the U.S. (and why it isn’t) -- Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post
Putin’s ‘Every Move Worsens the Situation’—in Syria and Russia -- Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast
What Putin's Airstrikes Mean For Syria: The real reason for the strikes isn't to destroy ISIS. -- Nick Robins-Early, The Huffington Post
Russian military buildup hints at wider war in Syria -- Peter Beaumont, The Guardian
The Real Reason Russia Is ‘Helping’ Syria -- Timothy Snyder, Time
Russia Risks Being Prosecuted for Syria's War Crimes -- Josh rogin, Bloomberg
Why is Russia bombing Syria? -- Christopher Miller, Mashable
Has Obama failed Syria? -- Upfront/Al Jazeera
Russia's intervention in Syria brings Obama's dilemma to the fore -- Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian