Nick Miriello, VICE News: Why Aleppo matters
Assad is going to take back the crucially important city. So what happens next?
The past two weeks have seen large parts of Aleppo, once Syria’s largest city and a bustling hub of finance and industry, reduced to rubble as an intensified offensive by President Bashar al Assad’s allied forces picks up pace. The former Syrian metropolis has become a symbol of Assad’s determined and bloody grasp for power, as well as the West’s inability or unwillingness to decisively intervene in the yearslong civil war that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, displaced millions more, and regularly raised charges of war crimes.
With Syrian government forces’ sudden and major advancements into the city’s rebel-held eastern territory in recent weeks, Aleppo’s uncertain fate is starting to crystallize, once again posing two central questions: Why Aleppo, and what next?
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 7, 2016
After Aleppo falls, Syria's bloodshed may continue -- Haid Haid, CNN
The real battle in Aleppo and Mosul -- CSM Editorial
The Death Strip at the Turkish-Syrian Border -- Riham Alkousaa and Maximilian Popp, Spiegel Online
Trump can't fight Islamic State without wading into Syria's war -- Mohamad Bazzi, Reuters
Why Trump’s Taiwan Call Might Be the Least of Traditional Diplomacy’s Worries -- Ellen Laipson, WPR
Former Diplomats: Countering North Korean Missile, Nuke Programs to be Major Trump Challenges -- John Grady, USNI News
China Puts the Squeeze on Taiwan -- Stratfor
Abe’s tribute at Pearl Harbor -- Japan Times editorial
The Consequences of Egypt’s Potential Military Engagement in Syria -- Abdulrahman al-Masri, Huffington Post
In Europe, the Moderate Right Is Winning -- Conrald Black, NRO
The city getting rich from fake news -- Emma Jane Kirby, BBC News
Does the Pentagon Really Waste $125 Billion on Pencil Pushers? -- Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
Did the Pentagon Bury Billions in Waste? Dig a Little Deeper -- Tobin Harshaw, Bloomberg
How Defense Secretary James 'Mad Dog' Mattis Will Remake The Pentagon -- Loren Thompson, Forbes
UNESCO world heritage list grows to 55 as ancient treasures come under threat -- ABC News Online
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