By David Francis with Sabine Muscat
U.N. peace plans in Syria backfire. The U.N. was counting on fears about the rise of the Islamic State to bring Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and groups who oppose him to the bargaining table. Months later, the opposite has occurred. FP’s Colum Lynch: “In the end, the Syrian government and the opposition are more committed to fighting one another than fighting the Islamic State.”
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Source: Foreign Policy
