Kissinger: Yes, there is a good option for Syria

Henry Kissinger, who knew Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez well, claims that there is a good option for dealing with Syria. It involves undoing a nearly 100-year old mistake.

But the West is wrong to think it has no good options. It has a
superb and just option, one that will let history unfold as it should
have long ago. That option — to break up Syria into coherent nations —
was proposed

Massive influx of Syrian refugees into Iraqi Kurdistan to escape al-Qaeda

To get a sense of what this story is about, look at the picture and look at the mass of humanity crossing the bridge in the background. Some 10,000 Syrians crossed into Iraqi Kurdistan on Saturday after 7,000 crossed on Thursday. But they're not escaping Assad (although they might fear him as well). They're escaping his Islamist rivals from al-Qaeda.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (