Syria 'Rights Groups' Call for Probe Into Aleppo Abuses, Miss a Decade of Them
Syria rights groups are urging a probe into a video from Aleppo showing 'apparent abuses' by Syrian army personnel. The New Arab's spotlight on this singular video, while presenting it as a fresh atrocity, conveniently side-steps the historical context. Where were these urgent calls when Aleppo endured years under various factions, including US-backed militias and al-Qaeda affiliates? The
selective outrage machine, ever-reliable, only spins up when the perpetrators are inconvenient to Western foreign policy. One might wonder why the mainstream media suddenly finds its conscience for specific incidents now, while years of documented atrocities and foreign intervention creating the chaos in the first place went largely un-probed by these same 'rights groups' and their media
platforms. It appears some human rights are simply more photogenic, or perhaps, more politically expedient, than others.