Supplementary Readings

Because there are many of you and many readings I assigne a reading to each of you in this post, plus the readings in the 2 earlier posts below.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/09/syria-putin-afghanistan-isil-obama-150913084815882.html
Lara ^

Randall
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24403003

Patrick,
http://www.aljazeera.com/topics/country/syria.html

Mike
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/14/russia-shipping-tanks-into-syria-in-first-clear-sign-offensive-weapons/ 

Becky
http://www.theguardian.com/world/syria

Ben
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26116868

Those who do not have specific articles can be assigned articles by Mike, Patrick, Randall, Becky, and have other things to read as well. Some of the links, notably on Patricks and Randalls pages have several articles. Help them out please to analyze this mass of information. Thank you.