Syria’s civil war: Desperate times

Syria’s civil war: Desperate times | The Economist.

The people at the Economist are right of course. Irrespective of what we think about the armed struggle, violence and political solutions, the reality no negotiations can be successful unless a certain balance on the ground is created. We all know by now that all talks will involve drawing boundaries and carving out enclaves as part of a de facto if not de jure partitioning process, under the guise of a new administrative structure and a new system of governance. This has always been the reality we needed to contend with. But boundaries have to reasonable, and someone still needs to be held accountable for the crimes that were committed and continue to be perpetrated. Assad and his cronies need to end up in The Hague.

Syrian genocide needs justice

Opinion: Syrian genocide needs justice – CNN.com.

(CNN) — The debate over what is happening inside Syria should now end. A new report by three veteran war crimes prosecutors, released exclusively by CNN and The Guardian, offers what appears to be irrefutable evidence of systemic war crimes by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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Syria’s Assad accused of boosting Al-Qaeda with secret oil deals

Syria’s Assad accused of boosting Al-Qaeda with secret oil deals – Telegraph.

Finally, Western intelligence agencies are beginning to publicly admit and confirm what activists on the ground have been saying for months now, namely that Assad and Al-Qaeda are collaborating against rebel groups. So, Assad says one thing, does another. Surprise, surprise.

Syria’s Assad expects to run again, rejects power deal

AFP: Syria’s Assad expects to run again, rejects power deal.

By now such statements come as nothing more than a show of petulant defiance by a toy-boy holed up in a bunker somewhere watching the end of a dynasty project that should never have been launched. Whether he pays for his and his father’s crimes now, or ten years from now, who really cares? Nothing can ever change the fact of how petty, malevolent and spiteful the Assads’ venture into the world has been. This terse footnote to a dark and convoluted history ends now.