Who has what in Iraq & Syria
From the NYT series of graphics on the rise and fall of ISIS, a map showing the position October 2015 to October 2017.
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphic...5-2017-460.png
There are other graphics. Link:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...and-back.html?
From the BBC a map showing who has what; from IHS Conflict Monitor:https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/...6x9_map-nc.png
Link (part of a wider article):http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41679377
Who will govern and who will rebuild Raqqa?
An ICSR commentary that was republished by CNN, which raises many more questions too. Personally I cannot see anyone volunteering the funding and more to rebuild Raqqa or anywhere else in Syria. I exclude those supporting the Bashir Assad regime.
Link:http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/18/op...ion/index.html
Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War
I offer this article for readers to assess themselves. It comes from a previously unheard of news website, which on my second reading maybe pro-Assad. It starts with:
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A television interview of a top Qatari official confessing the truth behind the origins of the war in Syria is going viral across Arabic social media during the same week a
leaked top secret NSA document was published which confirms that the armed opposition in Syria was under the direct command of foreign governments from the early years of the conflict.
Link:http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-1...ind-syrian-war
I asked a SME to have a peek and they responded:
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I am a bit skeptical. Lots of Saudi vs Qatar disinformation going on at present. This seems part of that. Weird that the Arabic is unheard, and the translation does not mesh entirely with the claims in the article made on the basis of the same video.