Kurds want lands they control in Syria to become federation under Damascus

… reports – Published on RT, March 16, 2016.

Kurdish-controlled autonomous areas in northern Syria are expected to declare a federal system, local media and RT’s sources on the ground have said. The conference to declare the federation of three Western Kurdistan enclaves will be in Rmelan. Continuer la lecture de « Kurds want lands they control in Syria to become federation under Damascus »

Syrian civil war: West failed to factor in Bashar al-Assad's Iranian backers as the conflict developed

Published on The Independent.co.uk, by Robert Fisk, March 13, 2016 [ with a VIDEO – and in 72 pictures: the rise of Isis].

Five years ago, we were high on Arab revolutions, and journalists were growing used to ‘liberating’ Arab capitals.

Just before I left Syria last month, a tall and eloquent Franco-Lebanese man walked up to me in a Damascus coffee shop and introduced himself as President Bashar al-Assad’s architect. It was his task, he led me to understand, to design the reconstructed cities of Syria. Continuer la lecture de « Syrian civil war: West failed to factor in Bashar al-Assad's Iranian backers as the conflict developed »

The Story Behind the Immigrant Workers in Bernie Sanders’ Stirring New Ad

… Lauding Worker Organizing – Published on In These Times, by Michelle Chen, March 9, 2016.

Bernie Sanders’ newest campaign video, which will air tomorrow night on the Spanish-language channel Univision, features the candidate ceding the spotlight to a representative group that doesn’t get a lot of play in most political ads: a migrant mother, speaking entirely in Spanish, who works in Florida’s farm fields. The story behind the workers featured in the ad is one of quiet and passionate organizing far outside the Beltway … // Continuer la lecture de « The Story Behind the Immigrant Workers in Bernie Sanders’ Stirring New Ad »

Kurds should have a say on Syria’s future at Geneva talks – UN envoy

Published on RT, March 13, 2016.

… “The Syrian Kurds are an important component of the country, so we need to find a formula in which they are able to express an opinion on the constitution and the governance of the country,” de Mistura told Swiss Le Temps newspaper on Saturday.

He added that he has “a mandate to find the formulas … that are as inclusive as possible.”   Continuer la lecture de « Kurds should have a say on Syria’s future at Geneva talks – UN envoy »

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