One Article each newspaper has in our US-press tour
The foreign Policy
U.S. Acknowledges Reality and Scraps Failed Syria Training Program
The Obama administration set aside $500 million to train rebels to take on the Islamic State. With just five of them still in the fight, the White House is pulling the plug.
Wall Street Journal
Obama’s Options Narrow in Syria
Ten days into a Russian military campaign that has upended U.S. policy in Syria, President Barack Obama is picking from two bad options for how to respond.
Washington Times
Obama shifts Syria policy as Russia takes lead role
With President Obama’s Syria policy under new scrutiny as Russia takes a lead role in the conflict, administration officials said Friday that they will now scrap the Pentagon’s still-born program for training a “moderate” Syrian opposition rebel force — an effort that has cost millions over the past year but produced only a handful of combat-ready fighters.
Washington Post
Pentagon plans major shift in effort to counter the Islamic State in Syria
Russia’s military moves in Syria are fundamentally changing the face of the country’s civil war, putting President Bashar al-Assad back on his feet, and may complicate the Obama administration’s plans to expand its air operations against the Islamic State.
New york post
US gives up on failed strategy of training Syrian rebels
LONDON — The US is abandoning its goal of having America’s military train a new force of moderate Syrian rebels, turning its focus to equipping, arming and supporting established groups...
New york times
Obama Administration Ends Effort to Train Syrians to Combat ISIS
The effort to build a rebel force against the Islamic State failed in part because many rebels focused on a campaign against President Bashar al-Assad, officials said
Los Angeles Times
Where the Arab Spring revolutions went wrong
The headline-grabbing revolutions that gripped the Middle East in early 2011 brought the promise of an “Arab Spring,” a new dawn for democracy in a region with a history of autocracy. But the real result, as it turned out, was in many cases almost the opposite: a wave of violence, repression and civil war.
Short list of Headlines in the British Newspapers
Financial Times
US scraps move to form Syrian rebel force
Switch to arming local groups fuels risk of proxy war with Russia
The Guardian
Putin's Syria strikes are a long-term play for higher oil prices
How the Russian president’s real aims are securing both energy markets and his reputation back home
The daily star
Russian missiles 'fell on Iran'
Four Russian cruise missiles fired at Syria from the Caspian Sea landed in Iran, unnamed US officials say.
The daily Telegraph
Isil fighters advance on Syria's Aleppo after Russian air strikes in 'most significant attack'
Air strikes launched by the Russian regime struck Daret Ezza, Aleppo, Syria the morning of October 7, 2015. The blast hit a residential area, killing a mother and her two children. Daret Ezza is home to many civilians.
The daily Mail
Russian jet 'shot down by Turkish forces after planes violated country's airspace on Syrian bombing run'
The Russians are supposed to be bombing ISIS targets, but it seems the majority of their missiles are hitting areas where the extremist group is not present.
The times
Pentagon seeks strategy to help rebels fight jihadists
US announces overhaul of its $500 million programme to train and equip Syrian rebels, acknowledging it had failed to take on Islamic State