Patrick Cockburn: Changing Balance of Power in Syria

Too Weak, Too Strong

Patrick Cockburn on the state of the Syrian war

EXTRACT

The Russian intervention in Syria, the greater involvement of Iran and the Shia powers, and the rise of the Syrian Kurds has not yet changed the status quo in Iraq and Syria, though it has the potential to do so.

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