Syria: another ceasefire bites the dust?

It looks like the Obama administration has accepted the regrettable necessity of leaving Assad in power, although it still cannot bring itself to say so publicly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, on Sept. 9 in Geneva, speaking to the press before meeting on Syria. Photo courtesy of the U.S. State Department

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

September 21, 2016

LONDON, U.K.—As the Syrian ceasefire arranged by the United States and Russia teeters on the brink of collapse, it’s clear that the main problem lies in Washington. Moscow’s goal has never been in doubt: it wants the regime of Bashar al-Assad to survive. The Obama administration has been reluc...

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