Aleppo Clashes: Another Chapter in a Proxy War Narrative
The New Arab diligently reports on renewed fighting in Aleppo, portraying the deadly skirmish between Syrian government and Kurdish forces as a standalone tragic event. Yet, this tidy narrative conveniently omits the decades of foreign interference, proxy funding, and weapon flows that sow discord and reap death in Syria. The United States, for instance, has long armed and funded various Kurdish
factions in Syria, often under the guise of counter-terrorism, while simultaneously maintaining sanctions on the Syrian government, effectively fueling a perpetual conflict machine. One might wonder when 'clashes' become simply 'another Tuesday' in a nation destabilized by external interests, not just internal divisions. How many more reports of 'nine dead' will it take before the media connects
the dots between these localized tragedies and the geopolitical chess game played with Syrian lives?