Joshua Keating, Slate: Why the Latest Cease-Fire Deal in Syria Won’t Work Any Better Than the Others
Syria’s latest cease-fire deal, negotiated by the United States and Russia last week, is due to go into effect at sundown Monday night, just a couple hours from now, but there are already reasons to be skeptical about whether it will have any lasting impact on the conflict.
The deal requires the Syrian government, the Russian military, and U.S.-backed rebel groups to halt hostilities for a seven-day period. This will hopefully allow aid groups to finally bring aid into Syria’s embattled largest city, Aleppo, which has seen some of the civil war’s heaviest fighting. The U.S. and Russia will also begin work on setting up a “Joint Implementation Center” to share information on targeting al-Qaida–linked groups and ISIS. The goal is to disentangle the “legitimate” opposition groups supported by the West and other Arab states from the jihadist ones that both sides agree should still be targeted.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 13, 2016
Whether or not the Syrian cease-fire sticks, Putin wins -- Washington Post editoral
The War Doctrine Israel Does Not Talk About -- Ron Tira, War on the Rocks
The timing of North Korea’s latest nuclear test is smarter than it looks -- Andray Abrahamian, Reuters
Why water war has broken out in India's Silicon Valley -- BBC
Afghanistan’s Last Chance: On the Front Lines With the Beleaguered Soldiers Battling ISIS -- Kristina Shevory, Playboy
Why Zimbabwe's Military Sticks With Mugabe -- Philip Martin, Foreign Affairs
From independence to starvation in the world's newest nation, South Sudan -- Tom Gardner, Reuters
Putin Promotes the Next Generation of Ideological Cronies -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Journalists Caught in the Crossfire of the Ukraine-Russia Conflict -- Nolan Peterson, Daily Signal
Is the End in Sight for NATO? -- John Feffer, The Wire
What Is the State of Juncker's Union Now? -- Mark Davis, Euronews
Are we safer 15 years after 9/11? -- A. Benjamin Mannes, The Hill
The Al Qaeda Threat Grows -- Thomas Joscelyn, Weekly Standard
9/11 Saudi Arabia bill opens US to avalanche of lawsuits -- Stephen Kinzer, Boston Globe
The Return of Limited War -- Ian Bertram, The Bridge
Clinton and Trump: Commanders-in-Half -- Gary Schmitt & James Cunningham, RCD
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