Syria: The Wages of Inaction -- Julie Lenarz and Michael Miner, National Interest
The unrest in Syria has quickly spiraled beyond a sectarian civil war and into a regional crisis. Two million refugees have poured into Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey at a rate surpassing several thousand a day, with more than 6.5 million displaced overall. Iran and Saudi Arabia are doing battle through proxy forces. Iraq is experiencing the worst eruption of violence in recent years with the resurrection of Al Qaeda. According to the United Nations, 84 percent of the 733 people killed in January were civilians. Hezbollah’s support for the Assad regime has led to a series of deadly suicide bombings in Lebanon by the Abdullah Azzam Brigades in an attempt to draw the country deeper into Syria’s bloody war. An Al Qaeda surge is viewed with great concern in Israel, and while the country has always been an integral part of the terrorists’ narrative, this escalating regional crisis puts Israel in the firing line.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Analysis: By agreeing to peace talks, Assad plays for time as troops wear down rebels -- FOX News/AP
Games in Sochi, Siege in Homs -- George Packer, New Yorker
Should the U.S. intervene in Syria? What Iraq can't teach us -- Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
On revolution's anniversary, Iranians ask: Is this what we were promised? -- Scott Peterson, Christina Science Monitor
To See the Progress in Afghanistan, Stop Viewing the Country Through a Western Lens -- Sam Schneider, The Daily Beast
Who's Going To Be Afghanistan's Next President? -- NPR
A Good Time for that “Pacific Pivot” -- Max Boot, Commentary
Central African disaster -- DAWN editorial
Debate intensifies over possible German army training mission in Somalia -- Deutsche Welle
Petty Corruption Has Killed the Great Russian Athletic Machine -- Julia Ioffe, New Republic
Letter from Sochi: The Olympic Debut of New Russia -- Benjamin Bidder, Lukas Eberle and Maik Grossekathöfer, Spiegel Online
Looking on the bright side of the euro crisis -- Andre Wilkens, EU Observer
How the White House Is Blowing Off Europe -- Patrick Smith, Fiscal Times
Is France's Hollande taking over Britain's role as America's best friend? -- Pierre Haski, The Guardian
Obama, Hollande declare U.S. and France bosom buddies again -- Lesley Clark and Anita Kumar, McClatchy Washington Bureau
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