Russia-U.S. Standoff over Syria: Why a Peaceful Deal with Assad Is the Only Way out

... WMD infrastructure, the operation against Syria is unlikely to succeed. The operation will fall short of stopping the civil war, there are doubts that the Assad regime will be weakened without the imposition of a no-fly zone, chemical weapons will still ... ... his major victory over Barack Obama. Positioning himself as peace proponent and having strong influence over Bashar al-Assad, Russia's president certainly scores high in this stand-off, but what's also important, he saves Obama from imminent ...