Syria: Fighting over the Corpse by Shoshana Bryen  •  April 10, 2018 at 5:00 am         The aggressive partition of Syrian territory by Russia, Iran, Turkey and ISIS, has security implications for the United States and our regional allies that cannot be ignored. The U.S., its allies and its adversaries should understand that President Trump intends to push back on Syria's criminal behavior, Iran's regional threat posture, and Russia and Turkey's delusions of empire. Russia props up and abets the criminality of the Assad regime in Syria. Pictured: Syrian President Bashar Assad is greeted in Moscow by Russian President Vladimir Putin, October 20, 2015. The Syrian government's chemical attack on civilians in the rebel-held suburb of Douma this weekend is the complete responsibility of the war criminal Bashar Assad, his Russian bedfellows, and his Iranian bankers. However, the fact that President Trump had announced that the U.S. is nearly finished its mission to defeat ISIS (which is questionable) and wants to leave Syria quickly may have encouraged the others to speed up their efforts to divide Syria's corpse. An independent country for only two years longer than the State of Israel, Syria has reverted to its prior status as space across which the competing interests of bigger empires and armies are played out. President Trump claims to be uninterested in who rules Damascus -- which is wise of him -- but the aggressive partition of Syrian territory by Russia, Iran, Turkey and ISIS has security implications for the United States and our regional allies that cannot be ignored. Continue Reading Article