Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 14, 2016

Samer N Abboud, Al Jazeera: After Aleppo's fall: 'Nobody can claim victory'

A quick take on some of the key questions about what next for Syria's war.

Aleppo is now under full control of the Syrian army and its allied forces. Syrians will live and fight the conflict in different ways for many generations to come. However, the battle over Aleppo will certainly be considered a major turning point in the trajectory of the crisis that began almost six years ago.

Although the only certainty in this moment is uncertainty, Samer Abboud, an associate professor of international studies at the University of Arcadia and author of Syria, gives a quick take on what recent events and the re-establishment of Syrian government control over Aleppo will mean for Syrians moving forward.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 14, 2016

AP Analysis: Advantage Assad. Aleppo capture a key moment -- AP

Recapture of Aleppo: What next for Syria? -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC

Blame game starts as Aleppo's rebels fall -- Jeremy Bowen, BBC

Fight for Aleppo is almost over – but a new chapter of misery begins -- Martin Chulov, The Guardian

Fall of Aleppo puts Iran on cusp of 'Shi'ite crescent' of influence -- Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters

Washington’s Dangerous Drums of War on North Korea -- Joel Wit, Defense One

Is another Boko Haram in the making -- Thembisa Fakude, Al Jazeera

Can OPEC Send Oil To $70? -- Irina Slav, Oil Price

DDoS attacks have gone from a minor nuisance to a possible new form of global warfare -- Joon Ian Wong, Quartz

I was wrong on Brexit -- Niall Fergusen, Boston Globe

Rex Tillerson - Putin's friend and Trump's secretary of state -- Miodrag Soric, DW

Trump’s relationship with Russia – what we know and what comes next -- Tom McCarthy, The Guardian

Trump Is Serious About Detente -- Jonathan Tobin, Commentary

Obama shrugs off Russian hacking — until Donald Trump elected president -- Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times

The case for Exxon’s Rex Tillerson as Trump’s secretary of state -- Amir Handjani, Reuters