The Battle For Aleppo -- Robert G. Rabil, National Interest
Notwithstanding the destruction and staggering loss of life as the raging battle for Syria's commercial capital of Aleppo continues, the battle for both the regime and the opposition has taken on a multidimensional strategic aspect. The battle for Aleppo confirms that the first phase of the Syrian civil war has ended, and the battle for consolidating sectarian cantonization has begun. And it has initiated a process with far-reaching implications for Syria and the region.
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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS
What Syria’s Rebels Need -- Bartle Breese Bull, New York Times
From Syria’s Ashes: A new Alawite state could redraw the map of the Middle East. -- Michael Totten, City Journal
Al Assad a real thorn in the flesh for regional leaders -- Joseph A. Kechichian, Gulf News
Why Iran, more than Russia, may obstruct US goals in Syria -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
Competing senses of liberation, dread rule in Kurdish areas of Syria -- David Enders, McClatchy Newspapers
U.N. chief should boycott Tehran conference -- Washington Post editorial
Is Israel trying to lead the US to war with Iran? -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Morsi Makes His Move: What the Power Grab Means for Cairo -- And Washington -- Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs
Vietnam’s War on the Blogosphere -- Bridget O’Flaherty, The Diplomat
Pakistan Independence Day – not really -- Qanta A. Ahmed, Christian Science Monitor
Is the Taliban wearing out its welcome in Afghanistan? -- Tom Peter, Christian Science Monitor
The Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai scandal masks the battle for China's future -- Seumas Milne, The Guardian
‘Economic suicides’ shake Europe as financial crisis takes toll on mental health -- Washington Post
Canada’s not ready to have the World in the Arctic -- Michael Byers, Globe and Mail
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