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Jeremy Corbyn calls for protests outside US embassy over Syria, claiming too much focus is on Russia
This article in The Telegraph shows the debate in the House of Commons on Syria and comments by various MP's. It also reveals the impasse on Syria with Boris Johnson of the Conservative Party using it to score points against Jeremy Corbyn of Labor Party by calling for demonstrations by peace groups at Russian embassies, and Corbyn's response to this saying all parties embassies including the U.S. should be included. By October 2016 with about 100,000 children and 275,000 civilians trapped inside the Aleppo region in northern Syria, and Russian bombings of Aleppo, the situation is dire. With U.S. president Obama's inaction on Syria, the refugee crisis in Europe from Syrian refugees exceeding 2 million in the Middle East, the situation in Syria is at the point where lacking an effective option to setup a no fly zone at this late stage the political parties in Britain and in the U.S. trade charges against each other. German chancellor Merkel and foreign minister Steinmier visit Ethiopia and Nigeria to stem the flow of refugees from economic crisis at the source with aid and support, as Germany works on its own efforts. France's Hollande tells Putin a visit to France would have only Syria as topic for discussions and calls for Syria to be brought up as war crimes.
Even the Telegraph's title is misleading as the article covers the debate in the House on Commons on Syria, but the title appeals to Telegraph readers critical of Corbyn when the debate is about Syria and what action to take about the bombings.
The situation in Aleppo, Syria, in October 2016 and the West's response
10/12/2016
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Jeremy Corbyn calls for protests outside US embassy over Syria, claiming too much focus is on Russia
The Telegraph 10/12/2016
EU to Warn Russia of Further Sanctions Over Aleppo Attacks
WSJ 10/20/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
New warnings to Putin, Assad as Aleppo evacuation stalls | News | DW.COM | 14.12.2016
DW.COM 12/14/2016
Russian Special Forces Seen as Key to Aleppo Victory
WSJ 12/16/2016
Russian ambassador to Ankara dies after gun attack | Breaking News | DW.COM | 19.12.2016
DW.COM 12/19/2016
Battles in Aleppo and northern Syria against the Assad regime 2012-2013
08/10/2012
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New York Times 05/18/2013
Want to Defeat ISIS? Help the Syrian Opposition
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2014
Assad Policies Aided Rise of Islamic State Militant Group
Wall Street Journal 08/22/2014
Enclave Gives Syrian Rebels Governance
Wall Street Journal 08/10/2012
U.S. and Turkey Tighten Coordination on Syria
New York Times 08/11/2012
Syrian Rebels Coalesce Into a Fighting Force
New York Times 08/20/2012
Clemens Wergin of the German newspaper Die Welt on the security crisis facing Europe with U.S. disengagement under president Obama
09/15/2015
Clemens gives an alternative German view that the disengagement by Germany from the Middle East and following president Obama's policies have contributed to the Syrian refugee crisis. He says Germany and its European partners Britain and France, need to be actively involved and not follow a policy of disengagement.
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New York Times 09/15/2015
No, Mr. President, staying out of Syria didn’t save lives. It cost them. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/22/2015
Notable & Quotable: Fouad Ajami on the Sunni-Shiite Fight
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2016
Obama’s Trip to Germany Reflects New Closeness
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2016
Obama Warns Britain on Trade if It Leaves European Union
New York Times 04/22/2016
DW.COM 10/07/2016
The evolution of the war in Syria in different phases after the Arab Spring- 2011-2017
11/18/2015
Liz Sly of the Washington Post provides an excellent account of the different phases of the war in Syria from its beginning in the Arab Spring in 2011 as a democracy protest movement, to rebels fighting the Assad regime, the entry of Russia and Iran into the conflict, to current situation with the Islamic State and other rebel groups in control of different areas in Syria. The war ends up turning half of the Syrian population of 22 million into refugees or displaced status, with millions in refugee camps in Turkey, and hundreds of thousands moving towards Germany for asylum. As the conflict evolves it becomes more complicated than when pro-democracy rebels were fighting the government in Damascus- as Russia intervenes in the conflict and the U.S. stays on the sidelines, the Kurds defending their areas with Turkey worried about Kurdish autonomy, and the Shia-Sunni sectarian aspect dividing the Shia Iran supported government in Iraq and Sunnis in Iraq, and France under Hollande switching earlier policy to conduct an air campaign after terrorist attacks in 2015.
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The long war against Islamist extremism has become more complicated than ever - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/18/2015
Teaming up with Russia in Syria could be a dangerous false step for the U.S. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/19/2015
NATO faces new Mideast crisis after downing of Russian jet by Turkey - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/24/2015
Moscow promises retribution after Turkey downs military jet - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/25/2015
Range of Frustrations Reached Boil as Turkey Shot Down Russian Jet
New York Times 11/25/2015
On the Front Line Against Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015
The Syrian refugee crisis
11/14/2012
Grouped Articles
Why did Mr. Obama overrule his advisers on Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Syrian Refugees in Jordan Struggle to Survive
New York Times 05/08/2013
New York Times 05/05/2013
Middle East Strains Under the Weight of Syria's Two Million Refugees
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2013
Syria Seen as Most Dire Refugee Crisis in a Generation
New York Times 11/23/2013
Buried in foreign soil | The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/16/2013
Syria's second largest city of Aleppo destroyed by war by 2014
04/25/2014
Grouped Articles
Syria Civil War Forces Brutal Split in Aleppo
Wall Street Journal 04/25/2014
Want to Defeat ISIS? Help the Syrian Opposition
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2014
The New York Times 08/11/2016
Washington Post 09/26/2016
DW.COM 10/07/2016
Jeremy Corbyn calls for protests outside US embassy over Syria, claiming too much focus is on Russia
The Telegraph 10/12/2016
The WSJ on the withdrawal of the European governments from the Middle East and North Africa, the Obama administration's similar policies, and the refugee crisis in Europe
09/08/2015
What happens in North Africa, does not necessarily remain there, says this WSJ editorial, even if European governments and the Obama administration would prefer it to be that way. The withdrawal from the Middle East and North Africa under Hollande, Merkel and Obama, says the Journal, has led to the situation where the entire region is unravelling and being torn apart, leading to millions of refugees in first Turkey and Jordan, and now in Europe. True it says there are risks in intervening, but points to the Iraq where normalcy of life was returning to Baghdad by the end of the Bush administration, and the unraveling beginning only with Hollande (the departure of Sarkozy leaving Cameron alone), and the Obama administration's withdrawal from the Middle East (no action in Libya and Syria, and withdrawal in Iraq), Germany's traditional non-interventional role.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2015
How we got to the Syria mess - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
More waffling on Syria - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2015
Merkel Links Turkey’s E.U. Hopes to Stemming Flow of Refugees
New York Times 10/18/2015
British Jets Hit ISIS in Syria After Parliament Authorizes Airstrikes
New York Times 12/02/2015
The Washington Post's insights on Syria in 2015 and how it happened- U.S. inaction and the refugee crisis
10/02/2015
Grouped Articles
How we got to the Syria mess - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
More waffling on Syria - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
The U.S. cannot pass Syria on to Putin - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
Obama’s Syria debacle - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2015
Teaming up with Russia in Syria could be a dangerous false step for the U.S. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/19/2015
Syrian refugees reach the 2 million mark in August 2013
09/03/2013
Most of the refugees are in Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan. UN officials say the figure could reach 3.5 million by the end of 2013. About 4.25 million are displaced by the fighting in Syria by 2013.
Grouped Articles
Middle East Strains Under the Weight of Syria's Two Million Refugees
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2013
Syria Seen as Most Dire Refugee Crisis in a Generation
New York Times 11/23/2013
Buried in foreign soil | The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/16/2013
Washington Post 12/16/2013
U.S. to greatly expand resettlement for Syrian refugees - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/01/2014
Turkey Votes to Allow Operations Against ISIS
New York Times 10/02/2014
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