British journalist Patrick Cockburn does some of the best Middle East reportage found in US-UK publications. His focus is now on Syria. For following the situation there, his journalism is essential.
This essay on CounterPunch talks about how the opposition transmuted into an armed yet fractured resistance now fighting itself. In addition, it correctly places emphasis on the roles Washington and Moscow are playing in the conflict, and the role they must play to bring it to a much-needed conclusion.
See also his anniversary piece in the Independent (Mar. 14).
