To discuss the role of foreign powers fueling the ongoing conflict in
Syria, we are joined by Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for
The Independent. "It is clearly a proxy war. This might have started off
as a popular uprising in Syria, but by now it has four or five
different conflicts wrapped into one," Cockburn explains. "You have an
opposition, but an opposition that is fragmented and really proxies for
foreign powers, notably Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey plays a role." He
recently wrote the article, "Mass Murder in the Middle East Is Funded by
Our Friends the Saudis: Everyone Knows Where al-Qaida Gets Its Money,
But While the Violence is Sectarian, the West Does Nothing." Reporters
Without Borders has just revealed at least 10 journalists and 35
citizen-journalists have been killed in Syria in 2013. In addition,
another 49 journalists were abducted in Syria — more than the rest of
the world combined. Reporters Without Borders blamed the spike in
killings and kidnappings on jihadi groups.
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