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Assad all smiles with Putin in Moscow
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Moscow on Oct. 21. Russia has supported the Syrian government throughout that nation's civil war. (Kremlin)
Guess who just popped up in the Kremlin? Bashar al-Assad, Syrian dictator and destroyer, now Vladimir Putin’s newest pet. After four years holed up in Damascus, Assad was summoned to Russia to bend a knee to Putin, show the world that today Middle East questions get settled not in Washington but in Moscow, and officially bless the Russian-led four-nation takeover of Syria now underway.
Does the bewildered Obama administration finally understand what Russia is up to?
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President Obama says Russia is doomed to fail in the Syrian quagmire. But Russia is not trying to reconquer the country for Assad. It is consolidating a rump Syrian state in the roughly 20 percent of the country he now controls, the Alawite areas stretching north and west from Damascus through Latakia and encompassing the Russian naval base at Tartus.
It’s a partition. It will leave the Islamic State in control in the interior north and east. Why is this doomed to failure?
Putin’s larger strategy is also obvious. He is not reconstructing the old Soviet empire. That’s too large a task. But he is rebuilding and reasserting Russia’s ability to project power beyond its borders. Annexing Crimea restores to the motherland full control of the warm-water Black Sea port that Russia has coveted since Peter the Great. Shoring up a rump Alawite state secures Russia’s naval and air bases in the eastern Mediterranean. Add to that Russia’s launching of advanced cruise missiles from warships in the Caspian Sea to strike Syrian rebels 900 miles away and you have the most impressive display of Russian military reach since the Cold War.
For Obama, of course, these things don’t matter. “In today’s world,” he told the U.N. last month, “the measure of strength is no longer defined by the control of territory.” That he clearly believes this fantasy was demonstrated by his total abandonment of Iraq, forfeiting U.S. bases from which we could have projected power in the region (most notably preventing, through control of Iraqi airspace, the Iranian rearming and reinforcement of Assad’s weakening regime).
While Obama counts on the arc of the moral universe bending toward justice, Putin acts. As soon as the ink was dry on the Iran nuclear deal, Iran’s Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani flew to Moscow (a sanctions violation that we blithely ignored) to plan the multinational Syria campaign he is now directing. His Shiite expeditionary force is comprised of Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Iraqi Shiite militias and Lebanese Hezbollah fighting under the cover of Russian airpower.
They are pounding non-Islamic State rebels, many equipped, trained and allegedly supported by the U.S. and Obama’s vaunted 60-nation coalition. What a comfort to be pulverized by 60 to 90 Russian airstrikes each day but to know that Belgium is with you.
The immediate Russian objective is to retake Aleppo, the eastern part of which is the rebels’ last remaining urban stronghold.
Russia is not fighting the Islamic State. On the contrary. Its attacks on the anti-government, anti-Islamic State rebels have allowed the Islamic State to expand, capturing rebel-held villages north of Aleppo, even as the Shiite expeditionary force approaches from the south.
Apart from the wreckage to Obama’s dreams of a “reset” with Russia, think of how these advances mock Obama’s dreams for Iran, namely that the nuclear deal would moderate Iranian behavior.
What has happened since the signing of the deal in July? Iran convicts an American journalist , contemptuously refusing to offer even the most minimal humanitarian gesture. Iran brazenly tests a nuclear-capable ballistic missile that our own U.N. ambassador said violates Security Council resolutions. And now Iran’s most notorious Revolutionary Guard commander takes control of a pan-Shiite army trying to decimate our remaining allies in the Syrian civil war.
This is why Russia is in Syria
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The alliance between Russia and the regime of Bashar al-Assad goes back decades. Here's a bit of historical context that explains why Russia is fighting to prop up its closest ally in the Middle East. (Ishaan Tharoor and Jason Aldag/The Washington Post)
Obama’s response to all this? Nothing. He has washed his hands of the region, still the center of world oil production and trade, and still the world’s most volatile region, seething with virulent jihadism ready for export. When you call something a quagmire you have told the world that you’re out and staying out. Russia and Iran will have their way.
“60 Minutes” asked Obama: Are you concerned about yielding leadership to Russia? Obama responded dismissively: Propping up a weak ally is not leadership. I’m leading the world on climate change.
Upon hearing that, anyone in any conflict anywhere who has put his trust in the United States should start packing his bags for Germany.
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Guess who just popped up in the Kremlin? Bashar al-Assad, Syrian dictator and destroyer, now Vladimir Putin’s newest pet. After four years holed up in Damascus, Assad was summoned to Russia to bend a knee to Putin, show the world that today Middle East questions get settled not in Washington but in Moscow, and officially bless the Russian-led four-nation takeover of Syria now underway.Read full article >>
Charles Krauthammer: Russia rules; Obama watches
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Staunton, October 18 – Speaking at a small anti-war meeting in Moscow October 17, Lev Ponomaryev, head of the For Human Rights Movement, said that Russians must protest against Putin’s wars in Ukraine and Syria as Americans did about Vietnam and stop them or they will face even more aggressive wars in the future.
The meeting, organized jointly by the Solidarity Movement and the Party of December 5, attracted several hundred participants, a few counter-demonstrators who attempted to disrupt it, and the attentions of the Russian police and OMON who seized several placards with any mention of Syria.
Solidarity’s Sergey Davidis acknowledged that “today there are not too many of us” but said “this is understandable: the meeting arose more as a call from the heart than by plan.” Moreover, he said, “it seemed to us that the authorities simply would not pay any attention to us.”
He said that he believes that “this is not the last [such] meeting; the next ones will be larger. By their internal logic, the consequences of the interference in Syria will only get worse and given the crisis [in Russia] they will attract greater attention.” But even now, it turns out, he says that the authorities “are afraid of even a quiet word of truth.”
Among those unwelcome truths that appeared on the placards of the protesters – as reported by Civitas, Kasparov.ru and Ekho Moskvy — were the following:
· Enough of Blood, Enough of Lies, Enough of Putin
· Putin is a murderer! Don’t Shame Russia!
· Putin is a Friend of Syria but an Enemy of Russia
· Syrians Won’t Benefit from Our Bombs
· Declare War on Corruption in Russia
· Wars in Ukraine and Syria are Costing Russia Its Authority and Self-Respect
· Fight for Peace against War
· Chekist Power Rests on Terror and War
· Declare War on Corruption in Russia
· You Bomb and We Wait for Our Pensions, Pay and Medicine
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I HAVE known Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, since he was a college student in London, and have spent many hours negotiating with him since he has been in office. This has often been at the request of the United States government during those many times when our ambassadors have been withdrawn from Damascus because of diplomatic disputes.
Bashar and his father, Hafez, had a policy of not speaking to anyone at the American Embassy during those periods of estrangement, but they would talk to me. I noticed that Bashar never referred to a subordinate for advice or information. His most persistent characteristic was stubbornness; it was almost psychologically impossible for him to change his mind — and certainly not when under pressure.
Before the revolution began in March 2011, Syria set a good example of harmonious relations among its many different ethnic and religious groups, including Arabs, Kurds, Greeks, Armenians and Assyrians who were Christians, Jews, Sunnis, Alawites and Shiites. The Assad family had ruled the country since 1970, and was very proud of this relative harmony among these diverse groups.
When protesters in Syria demanded long overdue reforms in the political system, President Assad saw this as an illegal revolutionary effort to overthrow his “legitimate” regime and erroneously decided to stamp it out by using unnecessary force. Because of many complex reasons, he was supported by his military forces, most Christians, Jews, Shiite Muslims, Alawites and others who feared a takeover by radical Sunni Muslims. The prospect for his overthrow was remote.
The Carter Center had been deeply involved in Syria since the early 1980s, and we shared our insights with top officials in Washington, seeking to preserve an opportunity for a political solution to the rapidly growing conflict. Despite our persistent but confidential protests, the early American position was that the first step in resolving the dispute had to be the removal of Mr. Assad from office. Those who knew him saw this as a fruitless demand, but it has been maintained for more than four years. In effect, our prerequisite for peace efforts has been an impossibility.
Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general, and Lakhdar Brahimi, a former Algerian foreign minister, tried to end the conflict as special representatives of the United Nations, but abandoned the effort as fruitless because of incompatibilities among America, Russia and other nations regarding the status of Mr. Assad during a peace process.
In May 2015, a group of global leaders known as the Elders visited Moscow, where we had detailed discussions with the American ambassador, former President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, former Prime Minister Yevgeny M. Primakov, Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov and representatives of international think tanks, including the Moscow branch of the Carnegie Center.
They pointed out the longstanding partnership between Russia and the Assad regime and the great threat of the Islamic State to Russia, where an estimated 14 percent of its population are Sunni Muslims. Later, I questioned President Putin about his support for Mr. Assad, and about his two sessions that year with representatives of factions from Syria. He replied that little progress had been made, and he thought that the only real chance of ending the conflict was for the United States and Russia to be joined by Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia in preparing a comprehensive peace proposal. He believed that all factions in Syria, except the Islamic State, would accept almost any plan endorsed strongly by these five, with Iran and Russia supporting Mr. Assad and the other three backing the opposition. With his approval, I relayed this suggestion to Washington.
For the past three years, the Carter Center has been working with Syrians across political divides, armed opposition group leaders and diplomats from the United Nations and Europe to find a political path for ending the conflict. This effort has been based on data-driven research about the Syrian catastrophe that the center has conducted, which reveals the location of different factions and clearly shows that neither side in Syria can prevail militarily.
The recent decision by Russia to support the Assad regime with airstrikes and other military forces has intensified the fighting, raised the level of armaments and may increase the flow of refugees to neighboring countries and Europe. At the same time, it has helped to clarify the choice between a political process in which the Assad regime assumes a role and more war in which the Islamic State becomes an even greater threat to world peace. With these clear alternatives, the five nations mentioned above could formulate a unanimous proposal. Unfortunately, differences among them persist.
Iran outlined a general four-point sequence several months ago, consisting of a cease-fire, formation of a unity government, constitutional reforms and elections. Working through the United Nations Security Council and utilizing a five-nation proposal, some mechanism could be found to implement these goals.
The involvement of Russia and Iran is essential. Mr. Assad’s only concession in four years of war was giving up chemical weapons, and he did so only under pressure from Russia and Iran. Similarly, he will not end the war by accepting concessions imposed by the West, but is likely to do so if urged by his allies.
Mr. Assad’s governing authority could then be ended in an orderly process, an acceptable government established in Syria, and a concerted effort could then be made to stamp out the threat of the Islamic State.
The needed concessions are not from the combatants in Syria, but from the proud nations that claim to want peace but refuse to cooperate with one another.
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Staunton, October 22 – Over the last 15 years, Russia has been “transformed into a country of one leader, one party, and a state without law but with poor health care, education, and environment,” a system which can best be described as “nomenklatura authoritarianism,” according to Gennady Gudkov.
And because the nomenklatura is interested in throwing up obstacles to any change or innovation, it is “OBJECTIVELY INCAPABLE” of developing the country, something an ever larger share of Russians sense and either predict disaster ahead or try to emigrate, according to the opposition politician.
During Putin’s reign, he continues, “Russia has finally been converted into a land of the bureaucrats and a paradise FOR the bureaucrats.” Even the most powerful businessmen risk losing everything they have if they run afoul of the wishes of senior members of the Russian nomenklatura.
“Having received almost unlimited power, the NOMENKLATURA has also expanded to unheard of size: there are now five to six times more bureaucrats in a Russia with 140 million population than there were in the entire USSR with its 286 million residents.” They’ve filled up all the old government buildings and erected more.
But in addition to its size, the nomenklatura has arrogated to itself ever more powers and privileges, most recently have secured protection from any exposure of what its members actually own even as they take more bribes and claim things that the citizens living under their control have no hope of ever seeing.
“In advanced countries, people have long understood how dangerous the nomenklatura could become if it had power,” Gudkov continues. They require regular circulation of elites via honest and competitive elections, a balance of power between parliament and government, and the tightest possible control over the nomenklatura by the government, society, and the media.
Unless and until Russia breaks the power of the nomenklatura by moving in that power, “the country will be led by the NOMENKLATURA headed by the chief bureaucrat, the President, is seeking to rule forever [and it] will be CONDEMNED to degradation … and a strategic lagging behind the rest of the world.”
And despite the “zombifying” propaganda to which they are subject, “ever more and more thinking citizens are beginning to sense the historical dead end into which the NOMENKLATURA is driving the country.” That’s why 260,000 Russians applied for the 4,000 green cards that would allow them to live and work in the US.
This is more applicants per space than for admission to any higher educational institution in the world and it is a truly shameful figure for Russia. Gudkov says that he will “hardly be mistaken if [he] says that the number of potential ‘refugees’ from completely peaceful Russia is today more than those who are running for their lives from the terrors of war in the Middle East.
“In short,” he concludes, if the nomenklatura state remains in place in Russia, then “Russia alas has no future, and the situation which exists now is for 90 percent unenviable and possibly even tragic. For this, one can say a big ‘thank you’ to the nomenklatura powers that be.”
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The air strikes sometimes come in twos, first hitting a clinic, and then those who come to save the wounded. On Tuesday, a member of Sarmin's local rescue brigade, Abdel Razzak Abboud, was killed.
Mr Abboud had married the widow of his brother, also killed in the war, only weeks before, upholding a promise to keep the family safe. "When people went to offer their condolences, there was no one to give them to,” said Majd, a member of Idlib’s White Helmets rescue brigade.
Dr Tennari’s team also lost two colleagues. “We don’t know what to do anymore," he said. "If we sit down on the ground, we feel like a clock is ticking and the ground must soon explode.”
The Russian defence ministry maintained that air strikes are conducted with precise, guided munitions. Experts said that while Moscow has used some of its most advanced weapons systems during its latest involvement in the conflict, only a minority of its ordnance has been "smart" or precision-guided.
“Any deliberate attack on a hospital is a war crime,” said Widney Brown, director of programmes at Physicians for Human Rights, a New York-based organisation. “Syria may be the only country in the world where the Red Crescent, rather than being a shield against attacks, is a target for attacks.”
Sarmin’s hospital has been forced to close indefinitely, leaving civilians with few options for treatment when the next missiles strike. Staff had already been faced with some of the most devastating attacks of Syria’s war. In March, it was the lead treatment centre in the aftermath of a massive chlorine attack launched by the regime.
Syria’s doctors feel "utterly abandoned" by the international community, Ms Brown said.
Physicians for Human Rights documented 313 attacks on medical facilities and the deaths of 679 medical personnel between the beginning of Syria’s rebellion in March 2011 and the end of August 2015.
According to Airwars, a group monitoring air strikes in Iraq and Syria, the US-led anti-Isil coalition also faces ten allegations regarding attacks on health facilities in Iraq and Syria.
Only two of these are known to have been investigated by US Central Command.
"We welcome the engagement on Russian fatalities and criticism of its bombing of civilians, but if the coalition wants to demonstrate that it is doing things differently and take a moral stance, then it has to be more transparent,” said Chris Woods, the director of Airwars.
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A large segment of the American population is of the opinion that the current situation in Syria coupled with Russia’s rising military might present a serious danger to the United States.
Poll Reveals American Position On Russia, Syria
NBC News and The Wall Street Journal recently conducted a joint survey aimed at gauging the American public sentiment regarding the ongoing conflict in Syria, Russia’s involvement in the same and it’s overarching political choices and what these developments mean to the U.S.
The survey was organized from October 15-18, 2015 and involved 1,000 adult respondents. As per the details released by the institutions in charge, the results carry with them an error margin of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
Russia A Threat To The U.S., Respondents Agree
The most significant contribution of the October 2015 poll conducted by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal is the fact that American public opinion is clearly polarized against Russia. Much of the U.S. citizenry views Russia as a threat to U.S. security and interests, a fact that probably comes as no surprise to political analysts given the strained ties that have long defined the relationship between Washington and Moscow.
Almost 75% of the people interviewed have confirmed that they consider Russia to be a threat to the U.S. The general consensus amongst the American public is that Russia presents a significant military risk.
Opinions regarding the urgency of the matter differ, with 14% of the respondents claiming that the matter is one of “immediate” concern. However, 60% of the respondents believe that even though Russia does, in fact, present a considerable threat to U.S. security, it does so in the long-term and the United States does not need to be unduly concerned about it at the moment.
Of the people interviewed, 23% shared that they do not think that the United States needs to be worried about Russia at all. This statistic provides a sharp contrast from another survey in 2005, where over 50% of the American population believed that there was no threat from Russia to the United States.
Russian Role In Syria Strains U.S.-Russia Ties
While Russia and the United States have historically struggled with a difficult relationship, matters have worsened in recent years owing to the two countries’ positions on the Syrian issue. Since the civil war began in Syria in 2011, Moscow and Washington have come head-to-head on several occasions.
The Obama administration along with much of the Western leadership maintains that peace and democratic governance in Syria will not be possible until President Bashar al-Assad steps down from office and a new government is elected. President Assad’s term has earned the condemnation of the international community on charges of abuse of office, human rights violations, state-sponsored terrorism, and undemocratic administration. The U.S. is firmly opposed to the current regime in Damascus and has provided open diplomatic support and covert military and technical assistance to the rebel forces fighting against President Assad’s militaries.
On the other hand, President Vladimir Putin has been a vocal ally of President Assad and has pledged technical, fiscal, military and political support to the latter through the years of the civil strife in Syria. On September 30, 2015 the Russian armed forces launched an aerial strike against both ISIS troops and rebel armies in Syria in an effort to reinforce President Assad’s position as the country’s leader.
While Moscow maintains that its actions in Syria are firmly guided by the need to defeat ISIS, analysts have pointed out that the Russian forces are targeting known opponents of President Assad and so, Russia has been criticized for using the “intervention” to bolster President Assad’s flagging control over the country.
Russia’s decision to enter the fighting in Syria has further worsened its ties with the U.S. and the global community given that the multilateral conflict in Syria- the internal civil war as well as the battle against advancing ISIS troops– is only made more complex and unsolvable by adding newer dimensions and actors to it. While there are technically two kinds of wars currently being waged in Syria, they have provided a platform for several other smaller and greater battles between actors that cannot or will not otherwise engage in direct confrontation with one another. For instance, the fact that Russia is supporting the Syrian state forces and the U.S. is backing the armed opposition has caused security experts to ask if the two countries are now actually fighting a proxy war in Syria.
Instead of focusing on the joint endeavor against ISIS, Russia is concentrating its military capacity on securing President Assad’s position. Several global leaders have voiced their displeasure at Russia’s choices, with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg summing up the critique of Russia with, “To support the Assad regime is not constructive. This is only prolonging the war in Syria.”
The U.S. and Russia’s positions on the Syrian issue have pitted the two countries against one another. Unsurprisingly, public opinion in the United States regarding Russia has soured ever since Moscow authorized airstrikes against the rebel forces in Syria last month.
Within the political circles inside the U.S., opinions on Russia vary from party to party. Democratic officials are more likely to view Russia favorably and refrain from labeling it a threat while Republican officials maintain that Moscow continues to challenge Washington on every count and must be checked at the soonest.
American Public Opinion About Syria: A Threat In The Making
The poll reveals that in comparison to their views on Russia, American citizens are much less worried about Syria as an aggressor and the threat posed by the current instability in the region to the U.S.
When interviewed about their views on the conflict in Syria, 56% of the respondents shared that they don’t believe that Syria is a real threat to the United States just yet but “it likely will be soon”. Most people in the United States believe that the country itself is not a challenger but the conflict in the state and its various dimensions may prove to create difficulties for the U.S. should Washington continue its involvement in the region.
As many as 23% of the interviewees responded in the affirmative when asked if they think that Syria poses an immediate danged to the United States. Of the people interviewed only 16% said that Syria does not present a risk to the United States at all.
President Obama Loses Favor With American Population
The poll findings suggest that the American public is losing faith in President Barack Obama’s administration. The decline in support for the government is unsurprising, given how it has dealt with these recent international political challenges and security crises.
Much of the public opinion has turned against President Obama because of how the Syrian conflict and its resultant humanitarian crisis have been managed. As many as 54% of the people have faulted President Obama’s approach to addressing the situation in Syria. In comparison, only 34% of the respondents have expressed their satisfaction at the manner in which the U.S. government has chosen to manage the Syrian issue.
However, while the majority is still firmly critical of the Obama administration, there has been a slight improvement in public opinion regarding the issue over the last two years. Back in September 2013 as much as 57% of the population voiced its disappointment in how the U.S. government was choosing to settle the problems in Syria while only 28% of the respondents expressed their confidence in the same.
Presidential hopeful and Democratic favorite Hillary Clinton has stated that President Obama’s policies about Syria have failed to bring about the desired results and the U.S. government’s plan to support and train the armed opposition in Syria has not helped destabilizing the Assad regime. Clinton’s assessment has found widespread public support.
Within the Democratic Party, 59% of the people have voiced their support for President Obama’s position on Syria while 28% remain unconvinced. Within the Republican Party, a whopping 81% of the group has articulated its disapproval of how the Obama administration has dealt with the Syrian challenge while a mere 10% have responded with approval.
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Syria mission demonstrates Russia's new prowess
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Moscow says Russia's air force in Syria is ready to provide cover for the Free Syrian Army, the Western-backed opposition group battling President Bashar al-Assad, in its fight against the Islamic State (IS) extremist group.
The Israeli military said a suspected Palestinian attacker was shot dead at a crossing between Israel and the West Bank on October 24.
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Putin's Press: How Russia's President Controls The News
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Russian intervention in Syria a gift to terrorists, says Gulf council leader by Nicola Slawson and agencies
Assistant secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council says Russia’s military action will help Isis recruit more members from across the world
Russia’s military intervention in Syria was “the best gift that could be given to terrorist groups”, the assistant secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council has said.
Abdel Aziz Abu Hamad Aluwaisheg told the BBC: “I think it has the potential of being a very dangerous escalation between the superpowers, between Russia and the US.
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Today's Headlines and Commentaryby Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
The Pentagon has released the name of the American serviceman killed in the recent raid in Iraq that rescued more than 70 hostages scheduled to be executed by ISIS. Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler died after injuries sustained during a firefight between ISIS militants and the U.S. and Kurdish force.His is the first combat death sustained by U.S. forces in Iraq since 2011, theWashington Post writes.
TheU.S. commandos, who were meant only to play a supporting role to Kurdish fighters, decided “in the heat of the moment” to assist Kurdish forces that were sustaining heavy casualties, Foreign Policy reports. This “last minute decision” lead to the first direct ground confrontation between the U.S. and ISIS in Iraq—which might explain why a spokesman for the Iraq's Defence Ministry said that Baghdad was not informed of the raid beforehand.
According to the New York Times, the Pentagon has stated that the firefight was a “unique circumstance in which very close partners of the United States made a specific request for our assistance,” emphasizing that the incident was not “something that’s going to now happen on a regular basis.” But the Wall Street Journal points out that the raid suggests the flexibility of just what constitutes a “train, advise, and assist” mission in the heat of battle. And the Daily Beastchimes inwith further skepticism as to the Pentagon’s refusal to refer to the raid as “combat.”
Only days after Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s visit to Moscow, Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an effort to restart diplomatic negotiations over a possible resolution to the Syrian conflict. They were joined in Vienna by both the Saudi Arabian and Turkish foreign ministers, and negotiations are expected to continue next week with both countries that are involved in the conflict militarily and those affected by the ongoing refugee crisis. Kerry and Lavrov are also expected to discuss the ongoing violence in Israel. More on that from the Post.
AFP reports that, earlier in the day, Lavrov and his Jordanian counterpart announced plans to coordinate Jordanian and Russian military activities in Syria. It remains unclear how far the cooperation will extend, but Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judah indicated his hope that the countries’ shared efforts would “be effective in fighting terrorism in Syria and beyond.”
For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin may be changing his tune on the existence of moderate Syrian rebel factions willing to fight against ISIS—or then again, perhaps not. Though Russia has been systematically bombing non-ISIS rebel groups on the grounds that all opponents of the Assad regime are terrorists,Putin indicated yesterday that he and Assad had discussed the possibility of Russian backing to rebel groups prepared to “really fight” against ISIS. TheJournaltheorizes that Putin may have been referring to the Syrian Kurdish forces fighting in northern Syria, though his comments remain unclear.
Putin further suggested that the deconfliction agreement recently reached by the United States and Russia foreshadow further cooperation, saying that“we are close to beginning information exchanges with our Western partners on the positions and movements of militants.” And Reuters tells us that he went on to clarify that the Kremlin has no intention of extending its air campaign into Iraq, despite requests from some Iraqi officials and Shiite militias.
Amid the persistent violence, the United States is weighing its options as to how to best protect civilians in Syria. The Times reports thatpolitical pressure is mounting on the White House to establish no-fly zones and safe havens, despite President Obama’s consistent opposition to these proposals. While Secretary Kerry is pushing for these measures to protect civilians, the Pentagon has emphasized that any no-fly zone or safe harbor would require escalation of U.S. military presence in the region.
And as the United States continues to revise its policy in Syria, Defense One updates us on the State Department’s effort to to “out-tweet” the Islamic State. The counter-propaganda force, which currently numbers around 20, is doing its best to use social media techniques against ISIS recruitment but is still in need of some serious reinforcement.
Washington has declared that U.S.-backed forces will soon launch an offensive on ISIS’s self-proclaimed capital Raqqa, but the supposedly imminent military action has yet to materialize. That’s the word from the Post, which writes that the fifty tons of ammunition airdropped by U.S. forces last week have been claimed by Kurdish forces rather than their tentative Arab allies. The discovery that Kurdish fighters have likely laid hold of the ammunition creates serious problems for the military campaign, with both Turkey and Sunni Arabs anxious over how much the Kurds are really willing to cooperate. Meanwhile, the United States continues to maintain that Syrian Arab groups received the airdrop.
With General John Allen stepping down as the U.S. anti-ISIS czar, Foreign Policy lets us know that the White House has finally chosen General Allen’s replacement: Ambassador Brett McGurk, currently Allen’s number two in the anti-ISIS effort. McGurk’s position will be based in the State Department and will not come along with a position on the National Security Council, potentially creating difficulties in coordination with the Pentagon. Overall, it’s hard to disagree with Foreign Policy’s assessment that McGurk will inherit the “job from hell.”
The International Committee for the Red Cross has said that airstrikes in Syria are hindering humanitarian efforts, AFP writes. The group said that the strikes were preventing them from accessing areas in need of humanitarian assistance. The ICRC’s remarks come alongside reportsthat “nine Russian airstrikes have hit hospitals or field clinics operating in war-torn Syria,” killing civilian and aid workers. Russia has denied the allegations.
Reuters tells us heavy fighting in Yemen’s third largest city, Taiz, has left 22 civilians dead and 140 wounded. The ICRC reported that the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes “indiscriminately” hit civilian areas.
With Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visiting Washington on Thursday, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter praised Pakistan’s effort in the fight against terrorism. During discussions between Sharif and President Obama,Obama emphasized his commitment to a “lasting political settlement with the Afghan government” following his decision last week to maintain a U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan. Both leaders declared that the Taliban should initiate “direct talks” with the government of Afghanistan, the Post tells us.
Haaretz reports that the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission has endorsed the nuclear deal with Iran, despite heavy government opposition to the deal. And on that note, the Journal takes a careful lookat the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. “Mutual distrust” between the allies led to U.S. monitoring of Israeli communications and military bases in 2012 after the White House became afraid that Israel was preparing to take a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Swedish authorities now suspect that the deadly sword attack that left two dead in a Swedish school could have been triggered by racial motivations, the Journal reports, as Sweden faces a massive influx of immigrants and asylum seekers. The Times reports that the attack occurred “on the same day that the Swedish Migration Agency forecast that as many as 190,000 refugees” would enter the country this year. Only a day after this announcement, the Swedish government agreed to tighten immigration rules.
Germany is introducing measures to tackle its refugee crisis earlier than previously expected, a top government official said on Friday, allowing accelerated deportation procedures to begin as early as next week. Germany expects a record influx of more than 800,000 migrants this year, by far the most in the European Union. Reuters tells us that the tighter rules aim to speed up asylum and extradition procedures for migrants from southeastern Europe, in order to focus on refugees from war-torn countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Guardian writes that Berlin is also expected to “push for more ambitious and extensive common European Union policies on the refugee crisis,” including “compulsory and permanent” quotas that will help distribute the influx across the E.U. The scheme faces stiff opposition, however, with over half of E.U. member states opposed to the measure.
Speaking of the European Union, Chinese President Xi Jinping weighed in on the possibility of a “Brexit” from the E.U. during his visit to the United Kingdom. In what Reuters describes as a “rare mention of another country's planned vote by China,” Xi expressed hope that the U.K.’s upcoming referendum on E.U. membership would maintain the country’s status within the Union.
South Korea has urged North Korea to conduct bilateral talks regarding the latter’s nuclear program,Korea Times reports. Without such discussions, South Korea suggested that “North Korea will be unable to gain economic assistance, normalization of relations with the U.S., and the signing of a peace treaty, which were agreed upon in the Sept. 19, 2005, deal..”
Meanwhile, as regional concerns rise over China’s increased presence in the South China Sea, theJournal writes that “Indonesia will seek U.S. help as it builds a new coast guard to patrol its strategic waters, and will play a more active role in resolving regional territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea.” The request comes after the U.S. announcement that "it would spend $100 million on maritime law enforcement in Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia."
A twin suicide bomb killed 18 in northeastern Nigeria, the Times tells us. The attacks targeted a mosque in Maiduguri, the city of Boko Haram’s origin.
Yesterday, Hillary Clinton testified before the House Select Committee on Benghazi… for eleven hours. Defense One’s Molly O’Toole reports on the marathon hearing, agreeing with Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) that the hotly-anticipated event failed to turn up anything new on Clinton’s response to the 2011 attack.
President Obama has used his veto power for only the fifth time in his presidency to reject the NDAA, on the grounds that the bill both fails to address the problems of sequestration and strengthens restrictions against the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay. According to the Times, the White House is confident that House Democrats will be able to uphold the veto.
So what happens now as far as defense spending is concerned?Defense One examines what the future may hold, explaining that Congress now has until December to pass a new NDAA, at which point the continuing resolution funding the government will expire.
TheCybersecurity and Information Sharing Act is on its way to a final vote in the Senate after a successful vote on a key amendment, Foreign Policy reports. The amendment attempts to address privacy concerns raised by civil liberties groups and technology companies, and also prohibits companies from “hacking back” against cyberattackers. TheHill writes that the White House has formally endorsed the bill. And so, too, has theWashington Post’s editorial board, which argues that CISA represents an important “step toward breaking the logjam on security.”
Wikileaks has released a second batch of documents reportedly obtained from CIA Director John Brennan’s AOL email. Part two of the would-be scoop includes a contact list and two documents related to a report on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan--material that, NBCtells us, is “neither classified nor revelatory.”
Parting shot: That’s one approach to decommunisation: in response to new Ukrainian legislation requiring the dismantling of Soviet-era monuments and symbols that remain in the country, an artist has converted a statue of Lenin into one of Darth Vader. May the force be with you, Comrade.
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Secretary of State John Kerry met with counterparts from Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia to work on finding a political settlement for the Syrian conflict, following a Moscow meeting between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the state of play between the U.S. and Russia.
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F.B.I. Chief Links Scrutiny of Police With Rise in Violent Crimeby By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MATT APUZZO
James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, said he had a “strong sense” that scrutiny of the police has made officers less aggressive and emboldened criminals.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting this week with leaders from several Middle Eastern countries and Russia about how to revive the political process in war-torn Syria. But at least one analyst suggests no one should expect big headlines from Friday's discussions. VOA's Jeff Custer reports.
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