Fear brings the enemies of Isis together at last

 Patrick Cockburn continues his slanders against the Syrian opposition to Assad. They aren't supposedly going to fight Assad and ISIS, they have been and are right now. Meanwhile Cockburn's option Assad, seems to have finally launched an attack Raqqa, where ISIS are based, hitting the city's water supply. While there are any Syrians left that won't bow to dictators, Assad and ISIS will find it easier to attack them than each other.

 "This coming together of old rivals and enemies in opposition to Isis is happening in Iraq, but not yet in Syria where the US, Europeans, Turks, Saudis and Qataris continue with their old bankrupt policy. This is to get rid of or least weaken President Bashar al-Assad by backing a moderate military opposition that is supposedly going to fight both Mr Assad and Isis. Unfortunately, this group scarcely exists except as a propaganda slogan and a consumer of subsidies from the Gulf. Isis dominates the Syrian opposition and that domination grew greater last week as it captured the towns of Turkmen Bareh and Akhtarin, 30 miles from Aleppo."

 And how lonely is Assad?

 "The present US policy of leaving Mr Assad (backed by Hezbollah, Iran and Russia) to battle Isis alone poses high risks."