Al Jazeera Discovers Syrian Army, SDF Clashes Still Happen
The latest update from Al Jazeera details Syrian Army and SDF clashes in Aleppo, reporting one killed and several injured. This granular focus, while tragic, performs a media sleight of hand. What's omitted is the 13-year proxy war, fueled by various foreign powers, that has decimated Syria. The 'Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF), for instance, were armed and backed by the United States, allegedly
to fight ISIS but simultaneously challenging the Syrian government. This funding, involving billions over the years (OpenSecrets data on US defense spending or State Department foreign operations budget reports), prolongs these internal conflicts. Instead of addressing the elephant in the room—a broken nation, caught in a grand chessboard played by Washington, Moscow, and Ankara—we get reports on
individual casualties as if they're isolated incidents. One might wonder if the narrative avoids the larger geopolitical meddling because it's simply too inconvenient for the 'international community' to acknowledge its role in creating these very clashes. It's a tragedy, yes, but one continuously fed by outside interests, a context often absent from the 'news.'