Guardian Editorial: The Guardian view on the battle for Aleppo: a rebuke to America and the world
After intensive bombing, and while the world looks on, Syria’s largest city is on the verge of becoming a humanitarian catastrophe on a par with the siege of Sarajevo 20 years ago
John Kerry does not give up easily. On Thursday in Munich the US secretary of state will promote a fresh diplomatic effort on Syrian peace talks. Yet for all his determination, events on the ground are not only working against a breakthrough, but raising increasingly profound doubts about the coherence of US and western strategy. For more than a week, the rebel-held city of Aleppo, once Syria’s largest, has been pounded by Russia’s air force, acting in support of Iranian-backed militias and Syrian government troops. If this annihilation strategy continues, the balance of forces in Syria’s civil war will change fundamentally. Mr Kerry’s proposed negotiated solution will be null and void, for there will be no Syrian opposition force left to be represented at any negotiating table.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 10, 2016
Under Russian fire, Syrian rebels blame West for abandoning their fight -- Dominique Soguel, CSM
Syrian war: It took time, but Russia was game-changer for Assad -- Nicholas Blanford, CSM
Death in Aleppo, victory in Russia, havoc in Europe -- Roula Khalaf, Financial Times
Drawbacks to the Saudi Offer to Send Troops to Syria to Fight ISIS -- Aaron David Miller, WSJ
Turkey's Syria strategy lies in ruins as rebel-held Aleppo teeters -- Gönül Tol, CNN
John Kerry’s desperate push on Syria -- Daivd Ignatius, Washington Post
14 hard truths on Syria no one wants to admit -- Max Fisher, VOX
After North Korea's Launch, Who's M.A.D Now? -- Daniel McGroarty, Real Clear World
Who's Afraid of a Falling Yuan? -- Christopher Balding, Bloomberg
China's Yuan Won't Topple the Dollar After All -- Milton Ezrati, National Interest
The new Big Short: China may soon rock the global financial system -- Paul Sheehan, Sydney Morning Herald
Nigeria Is Comiong Apart At The Seams -- Max Siollun, Foreign Policy
The Exploitation Fueling Madagascar’s Sapphire Trade -- Sébastien Hervieu, World Crunch
Closing the Balkan Route: Will Greece Become a Refugee Bottleneck? -- Giorgos Christides, Juliane von Mittelstaedt, Peter Müller and Maximilian Popp, Spiegel Online
Peace at Last in Colombia Cocaine Country—Unless We, er, Blow It -- Virginia M. Bouvier, Daily Beast
