Friday, 12 February 2016

US and Russia Broker Syria Peace Plan

They can put the guns down. The agreement allows an immediate influx of humanitarian aid followed by a “cessation of hostilities” next week — though fighting against terrorist groups ISIS and al-Nusra Front will persist. While U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the plan “ambitious,” some worry that the Russians will continue airstrikes using a different definition of “terrorist groups,” or that the Syrian government may not agree to the terms. But OZY’s John McLaughlin says diplomacy is America’s best shot at not getting dragged into yet another military quagmire.

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