Putin, Obama and the battle for Aleppo
- Written by Layla Saleh, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Qatar University, Qatar University
The battle for Aleppo has the Arab world, Middle East observers and Western policymakers on edge.
In what is likely a turning point in the long Syrian civil war, a coalition of opposition fighters is attempting to break Bashar al-Assad regime’s siege of the country’s commercial capital. Meanwhile, the Syrian government – with...