Even before the start of the battle for Aleppo, the Syrian crisis had entered a post-political solution phase; it had already gone beyond the diplomatic and political stages. The Vienna agreement had undermined the Geneva statement, and the sterile meetings between the US secretary of state and Russian foreign minister had bypassed Vienna and its goals. The process was a waste of time.
As he approaches the end of his time at the State Department, Secretary of State John Kerry deserves praise for his activity and fortitude, but not for the outcomes. His counterpart Sergey Lavrov outmaneuvered him. While Kerry continues …read more
Source: Middle East Monitor
