A Free Syrian Army fighter prepares to fire a rocket-propelled grenade as a Syrian Army tank shell hits a building across the street during heavy fighting in the Salaheddine neighborhood of central Aleppo in this August 11 file photo. Goran Tomasevic/REUTERS/File
The Public – And Private – Reasons The US Isn't Arming Syrian Rebels -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
The US has said publicly that it doesn't want to feed the violence that is largely affecting civilian populations in Syria. Privately, officials have concerns about what hands US arms might fall into.
As evidence grows of human rights abuses and war crimes being committed on both sides in Syria’s civil war, the United States is sticking publicly with its decision to provide only nonlethal equipment to the rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Desperation in Damascus, Panic in Tehran -- Ali Alfoneh, The Commentator
Realpolitik blurs US red line on Syria -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
Syria: Why al-Qaeda Is Winning: Unnoticed by the West, al-Qaeda is seizing a golden opportunity. -- Ed Husain, NRO
Twenty reasons not to attack Iran -- Hossein Mousavian, Reuters
Iran’s Military Complex at Parchin and the Nuclear Connection -- Maseh Zarif, AEI Iran Tracker
UN chief plans to attend summit in Iran, drawing both support and fire -- Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor
WH Relaxed Iran Sanctions Under Pressure -- Alana Goodman, Commentary
The unfulfilled promise of Meles Zenawi -- Washington Post editorial
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A warning sign for the ANC -- The Independent editorial
A Verdict Against Russia -- Victor Erofeyev, New York Times
Analysis: Russia and China in WTO - a world apart -- Sujata Rao, Reuters
The Life and Death of a Great Russian City -- Anna Nemtsova, Foreign Policy
Austerity can't help -- we're heading for mass defaults -- David McWilliams, Independent.ie
Europe's Highway to Hell -- Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, The Nation
GOP plan for foreign policy and defense platform is predictable -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post
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