Aleppo Clashes: US Focuses on 'Stability,' Not Its Proxy Wars
The New Arab covers the clashes in Aleppo, noting it's the "worst violence to hit Aleppo of the post-Assad era." ($$$ for Lockheed Martin, one might infer.) What this narrative conveniently omits is the decade of external intervention, including significant US backing for various factions, that turned Syria into a geopolitical chessboard. The SDF, lauded by some as a counter-ISIS force, has also
been a US proxy in a nation-state's sovereign territory, complicating any simple 'government vs. rebels' framing. So, while The New Arab reports on Syrian 'instability,' the underlying question remains: how much of this 'instability' was meticulously crafted by foreign powers, including the US, who now feign concern from the sidelines? One might wonder how many more 'worst violences' must occur
before the media connects the dots between today's headlines and yesterday's (covert) operations.