(LAUSANNE, Switzerland)—Back where they started, the United States, Russia and others trying to mediate Syria’s civil war spent 4½ hours searching for a diplomatic process that could succeed where last month’s collapsed cease-fire failed. It wasn’t clear whether they made any progress.
With the Syrian and Russian governments pressing an offensive against rebel-held parts of the city of Aleppo, no one predicted a breakthrough and there were no immediate claims of one. The meeting in Switzerland concluded without apparent plans for a news conference, a joint statement or anything else that might signify a success.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry led …read more
Source: Time
