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 ^
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
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.