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

... least of all. Violent solution to the crisis could bring about a whole new layer of problems for the region, with which the USA and its allies would inevitably need to deal. A group of actors is radically opposed to the renewed presense of the U.S. in ... ... 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 ...