Rasa - Under International Law and the UN Charter, the US presence in Syria is illegal after the US-led coalition struck pro-government Syrian forces earlier last week in Deir Ezzur province. Washington however claims it reserves the right for “defensive” attacks to achieve peace “from a position of strength.”

Rasa - In an extraordinary show of unexpected unity, North and South Korea sat side-by-side Friday night under exploding fireworks that represented peace, not destruction, as the 2018 Winter Olympics opened on the Korean Peninsula.

Rasa - Lost in the hyper-politicized hullabaloo surrounding the Nunes Memorandum and the Steele Dossier was the striking statement by Secretary of Defense James Mattis that the U.S. has “no evidence” that the Syrian government used the banned nerve agent Sarin against its own people.

Rasa - The Pottery Barn Rule is an American expression alluding to a policy of "you break it, you bought it" or “you break it, you buy it” or "you break it, you remake it", by which a retail store holds a customer responsible for damage done to merchandise on display.

Rasa - The sun had barely risen on Saturday, February 10, 2018 when Israel deployed warplanes — reportedly at least two F-16 fighter jets — to conduct an airstrike against a position inside Syria, much as it casually had in the past.

Rasa - The ease with which American foreign policy “experts” can suddenly reinvent themselves, switching focus as the DC mood changes, exposes the Washington think tank racket as a giant sham designed to manipulate opinion.

Rasa - For all the hype about American occupying forces fighting ISIL in Syria, the majority never saw combat during the terror group’s Medieval rule.

Rasa - Turkey has no right to bomb post-ISIL Syria. As per UN Charter and International Law, its military invasion of the northern Syrian Afrin District in an attempt to expel the Kurdish YPG from the area is illegal. It has only increased the civilian death toll and worsened the humanitarian situation in the war-torn country.

Rasa - At a time when America is laying the groundwork for its next wars in the Middle East, it’s a bit too early for Iraqi government officials to jump into the conclusion that because of the victory over ISIL, US ground troops have begun withdrawing from the country, as part of a substantial drawdown.

Rasa - The international civil society has on many occasions made it absolutely clear that the United States and its occupying troops don’t belong in Syria. They should end their manufactured war and leave.