A rebel on Sunday in Aleppo, Syria. Rebels and analysts critical of President Bashar al-Assad’s government say he has a pattern of agreeing to diplomatic initiatives to buy time, only to go on escalating the fighting, like in the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs.
Deal Represents Turn for Syria; Rebels Deflated -- New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Both sides in Syria’s civil war see the deal to dismantle President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons stockpiles as a major turning point. It left rebels deflated and government supporters jubilant. And both sides say it means the United States knows Mr. Assad is not going anywhere anytime soon.
The agreement between the United States and Russia, Mr. Assad’s most powerful backer, ended weeks of tension over the possibility of an imminent American military strike. Plans for such a strike have been put aside while the diplomatic process surrounding the agreement plays out, engaging Mr. Assad’s government and infusing it with new confidence that could have immediate impact.
Rebels who had hoped to capitalize on a military strike to regain momentum in the fighting are now bracing for the opposite, expecting Mr. Assad to press the battle more aggressively with conventional weapons, which they bitterly note have killed scores of times as many civilians as chemical weapons have.
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My Comment: This assessment is correct. By signing on to this joint Russian-U.S. agreement on Syria's chemical weapons, the U.S. has tacitly admitted that the Syrian regime under Assad is not going away soon. In fact .... they may even persevere. For Syria's rebels .... they are now realizing that the U.S. cavalry is definitely not coming over the hill.
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do not agree with you anum hafeez
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