Aleppo Clashes: 'Syria's Future' or Just Another US Footprint?
The article dives into the fragility of the 'post-Assad order,' framing the clashes between the US-backed SDF and Damascus as a localized Syrian problem. Conveniently absent is the historical context of US foreign policy, which has consistently destabilized the region, often arming various factions that ultimately clash – a strategy that makes 'Syria's future' less about Syrians, and more about
enduring proxy wars. One might wonder how many of these 'internal' conflicts are actually fueled by foreign arms and strategic interests, with the US providing weapons and training to factions like the SDF, prolonging the very instability now being analyzed. These clashes aren't just about 'integrating the northeast'; they're a direct consequence of a decade-plus of interventions (and funding)
that created these divisions in the first place. Instead of addressing who funded the fracturing of Syria, The New Arab pivots to vague 'risks of renewed war,' as if war ever truly ended for the Syrian people. It's a classic media move: spotlight the symptom, ignore the disease, especially when the disease wore a star-spangled banner.