A four-minute analysis outlining how Washington’s retreat from support for Syria’s insurgency is far from the end of the story — France, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are all stepping up their backing of the opposition, with the Saudis ramping up arms supplies to the insurgents:
About The Author
Scott Lucas
Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.
Syria Posts
Torture and Death in Northeast Syria’s Detention Camps
17+ Dead in Clashes in Southern Syria After Blast Kills 7+ Children
Israel Kills A Top Iran Commander in Syria for 2nd Time in 3 Months
7 Killed, 30+ Wounded in NW Syria By Car Bombing of Market
UPDATE: Israel Kills 40+ Pro-Assad Militia in NW Syria — Reports
UN: Assad Regime Still Not Cooperating Over Chemical Weapons
UPDATES: Israel Killing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Near Damascus
Iran-Backed Militia Kills 7+ Kurdish Fighters in Eastern Syria
UPDATES: US Strikes 85 Iran-Linked Targets Across Iraq and Syria
The Assad Regime’s Free-Fall Economy
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