Destruction and debris are seen in Al-Suwayqa neighborhood in the old city of Aleppo after forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad captured the area from the Free Syrian Army Feb. 25, 2013.
How Syria Is Becoming Bosnia -- David Rohde, IHT
Typhoid and hepatitis outbreaks are spreading. An estimated 70,000 people are dead, and another 850,000 are refugees. After covering the battle for Damascus for a month, photographer Goran Tomasevic of Reuters declared the situation a “bloody stalemate.”
“I watched both sides mount assaults, some trying to gain just a house or two, others for bigger prizes, only to be forced back by sharpshooters, mortars or sprays of machine-gun fire,” Mr. Tomasevic, a gifted and brave photographer, wrote in a chilling first-hand account. “As in the ruins of Beirut, Sarajevo or Stalingrad, it is a sniper’s war.”
Many analysts believe the Obama administration’s policy toward Syria is a failure.
Iran, Hezbollah and Russia are funneling more aid, armaments and diplomatic cover to Bashar al-Assad. And Syrian rebels who once hailed the United States now loathe it.
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My Comment: A depressing assessment of Syria today.
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