Despite repeated claims in recent weeks that a deal was all but imminent, the US and Russia have once again failed to reach a deal in their attempts to negotiate the start of a new ceasefire within Syria, with President Obama claiming “grave differences” yet remain.
Exactly what the differences are isn’t totally clear, but previous US interests in launching a joint military operation against the Nusra Front appear to have evaporated with Nusra’s official rebranding, which ended their official status as an al-Qaeda affiliate.
The US has been intensely critical of Russian airstrikes against Nusra in recent weeks, and insisted that Russia is obliged to ensure that humanitarian aid flows into all parts of the city of Aleppo. This has been a struggle, as both Nusra and the Syrian military have attempted to place one another’s districts in a state of siege.
The State Department is said to be pushing for an open-ended, nationwide ceasefire in Syria, and to be opposed to any deal which either has a deadline or which only stops fighting in certain key regions. The last such ceasefire came into effect in February.
President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet Monday, during the G20 summit. It is unclear to what extent this will center on Syria, but there does not appear to be any expectation of a deal any time soon.
They are done now and no progress was made. Syria and Russia will not cave to the terrorist Obama regime demands.
If Trump doesn’t want a guaranteed war to contend with at the outset of his Presidency, he’ll announce any troop deployment to the Syria-Iraq theater or territory taken between now and his inauguration will be reversed. Any military gains will be turned over to the Syrian-Iraqi government. Otherwise the seeds of destruction will surely be sown.
I think things are playing out in U.S favor now that Turkey has entered into Syria is demanding a no fly zone in the region that borders it’s country this will make sure that the weapons and the Sunni fighters will be able to continue against the Syrian Regime…The chess match continues Russia and it’s Iranian Shiite Syrian Alawitte Regime with its Hezbollah militants versus the U.S.A.backed Sunni Saudi Arabian and Sunni Turkey C.I.A.trained mercenaries embedded in Syria in the region what a mess…U.S.A
Obama kept trying – but every time, he presented a plan, Putin had some suggestion. What did Putin think – that this was some kind of a negotiation?
The fact that Obama will even f**king talk to Putin is a sign of how desperate he has become. Putin knows this. He’s not taking any more Nusra bullsh*t. He has Obama exactly where he want’s him. The wild card now is Turkey.
What a (non) surprise.