Syria’s dictator has fled the country:
- The Fall of Bashar Assad After 14 Years of War in Syria Brings to an End a Decades-long Dynasty (AP)
Is one man responsible for the fall of Assad’s authoritarian regime …
- Who Is Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the Islamist Rebel Leading the Syrian Advance? (Washington Post)
- Outlaws on Pickup Trucks Accomplish What $1 Billion in CIA Money Couldn’t (Reason)
… or was his fall the unintended consequence of Israeli and Russian aggression elsewhere?
“According to … the Genocide Convention, the Contracting Parties, including the United States and Israel, must prevent and punish acts of genocide. Under Article III, those punishable acts include ‘Complicity in genocide,’ such as by knowingly providing the deadly weapons used to carry it out”:
- The Case Against Joe Biden for Complicity in Genocide (Israel-Palestine News)
Three countries backed different sides in the conflict, but they all had sought a negotiated solution, even though they couldn’t agree on the terms:
- Turkey, Russia and Iran Meet in Doha Seeking Exit From Syria Chaos (The Moscow Times)
- As Assad’s Power Crumbles, Turkey, Iran and Russia Disagree on Way Forward for Syria (The Guardian)
Israeli war crimes continue:
- Israel Continues to Pummel What Little Is Left of Gaza’s Medical Sector –Day 426 (Israel-Palestine News)
- Updates: Israel Besieges Key Gaza Hospital, Kills Six People in Lebanon (Aljazeera)
Some “historians and academics … state that the current education system in the Muslim world far from being a remainder of ancient Muslim civilization , is rather a by-product of the developments which began during the colonial onslaught on Muslim civilization”:
- On Educational Reformation in Islamic World (Kashmir Observer)
“Western and Arab states, as well as Israel, would like to see Iran’s influence in Syria curtailed, but none wish for a radical Islamist regime to replace Assad” …
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