The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an independent Non-Governmental Organization, has indicated that the Syrian government has retaken territory from anti-government rebels. The advance comes with heavy Russian support. Few of the sites bombed were held by the Islamic State, so the advance comes at the expense of the “moderate” Syrian rebels that Washington has supported. We have got to be cautious in interpreting the military situation on the ground in Syria since there will be few independent observers to confirm what is happening. Russian President Putin mocked the failed US effort with these words:
“It would have been better to give us $500 million [the aid the US had given to the moderate Syrian rebels], … at least we would have used it more effectively from the point of view of fighting international terrorism.”
It sounds as if Putin wants to own the crisis. If he can solve it without further bloodshed, more power to him.
Just a day after two bombs blasts killed Kurdish peace activists, the Turkish government bombed sites controlled by the PKK, a group dedicated to Kurdish autonomy which had declared earlier a unilateral cease-fire. There is no reason to necessarily believe that the two events are related, but one would think that if the Turkish government truly believed that the Islamic State was responsible for the bombings, then it would have attacked IS sites. What remains to be seen is how these events will affect the elections scheduled for 1 November.
The German government has been open to the possibility of allowing many Syrian refugees to migrate to Germany. But public opinion polls now suggest that more Germans do not favor that policy. Chancellor Merkel remains popular in Germany, but her support from the conservative parties in Germany seems to be slipping and is swinging to some of the eurosceptic parties.
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I have read and see reports the Syrian observation for human rights is a guy based in Coventry Uk?
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights established in 2006 (before the violence exploded in 2011) and has observers both inside and outside Syria. I do not know how many people are associated with the organization. It is based in England but I doubt that any human rights group in Syria could have survived.
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