Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 13, 2015

Adam Chandler, The Atlantic: What Is Happening in Paris?

Several outlets are reporting a series of shootings, an explosion, and possible hostage situation in the city center on Friday evening. At least 36 people have been killed.

Several media outlets are reporting attacks that killed several people in central Paris on Friday evening. The event is still unfolding and the death toll is changing quickly with numbers as high as 36 being reported.

While the reports have not been officially confirmed, the BBC and others have reported that at least one gunman “opened fire at the Cambodge restaurant” in the 11th arrondissement. A BBC reporter on the scene relayed that he or she could “see 10 people on the road either dead or seriously injured.”

The AP is adding that two explosions were heard from the Stade de France, the country’s national stadium, where France was hosting Germany in a soccer match. A clip on Vine shows the moment where the explosion sounds during the match.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 13, 2015

What happens after Sinjar key to fight against IS -- Dr Victoria Fontan, BBC

The Limits of the Kurds’ War on ISIS -- New Yorker

Assad has already lost -- James Denselow, Al Jazeera

Russia's Promising Peace Plan for Syria -- Bloomberg editorial

The Crucial Decisions Now Facing Obama in Syria -- Joshua Keating, Slate

Saudis Are Stumbling: They May Take The Middle East With Them – Analysis -- Conn Hallinan, Eurasia Review

The Saudis Dig In -- Kevin Sullivan, Real Clear World

Burundi's Crisis Is Political, Not Ethnic -- Bloomberg editorial

Opinion: Time to act in Burundi -- DW

A Pro-Democracy Landslide in Myanmar -- Adam Chandler, The Atlantic

Are China and Japan Heading for a South China Sea Showdown? -- Ryan Faith, VICE News

Ukraine isn’t unified yet. These 4 charts explain. -- Grigore Pop-Eleches and Graeme Robertson, Washington Post

Putin Is Achieving His Goals in Syria (Op-Ed) -- Josh Cohen, Moscow Times

Central America’s Triangle of Despair -- Kevin Casas-Zamora, Project Syndicate

How US military could confirm Mohammed Emwazi's (Jihad John's) death -- Ian Black, The Guardian