Lina Sinjab, BBC: Syria conflict: Who's to blame for talks suspension?
The third round of Geneva peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition has been suspended three days after a shaky start, underlining the mammoth challenge of putting an end to Syria's five-year war.
Riad Hijab, the opposition's High Negotiations Committee (HNC) co-ordinator, arrived in Geneva on Wednesday to give an extra weight to the troubled talks.
But comments of Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, who said Russian strikes will not cease "until we really defeat terrorist organisations like al-Nusra Front" clearly made it difficult for both the UN and Syrian opposition to press ahead.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 4, 2016
Assad has a clear plan to stay in power. This is it -- Faisal Al Yafai, The National
As Syria burns, Turkey’s Kurdish problem is getting worse -- Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post
Will Libya suffer from the same mistakes the West made in Iraq and Syria? -- Alvise Armellini, Al Bawaba
Next anti-'IS' front will be Libya -- Max Hofmann, DW
27 Questions Before the US Extends the War in Afghanistan -- Robert M. Hatahway, Defense One/Council On Foreign Relations
Combatting the Al Shabaab Threat -- Alana Garellek, Cipher Brief
Burundi: abandoned by Africa -- Shannon Ebrahim, iol
Pentagon's European Spending Spree: The Real Deal or Just Blowing Smoke? -- Sputnik
Will Ukraine's Next Revolution be Nonviolent? -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
François Hollande’s own personal state of emergency -- Patrick Marnham, Spectator
Could Europe’s refugee crisis be the undoing of Angela Merkel? -- Anthony Faiola, Washington Post
Washington Must Remedy Colombia's Flawed FARC Deal -- Ana Quintana, National Interest
Why Zika is a ticking ‘time bomb’ for Latin America -- Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post
Oil Dictator Dominos -- Bill Emmott, Project Syndicate
The TPP, World's Largest Trade Pact, Finally Gets Signed -- Tim Worstall, Forbes
1 comment:
Walrus at Pat Lang has an opinion on the "peace talks."
The Peace talks? They remind me of Napoleon III trying to "negotiate" with Moltke and Bismarck after the French were defeated at Sedan.
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