A new opening for peace in Syria

But if the key players get it wrong, it won’t last.

A shell lays in the street in Homs, Syria in 2012. For the years-long conflict to end, there needs to be the establishment of joint security co-operation and a political transitional system involving all the sectarian groups in an equal way, writes Rolf Holmboe.UN photograph by David Manyua

Opinion

BY ROLF HOLMBOE

September 21, 2016

A new, if fragile, attempt at a peace process in Syria could be in the making, even if it is unlikely to succeed as long as Bashar al-Assad is allowed to sabotage any real move towards a political solution. A key event could be the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, where all th...

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