Free Syrian Army fighters rest inside a room in Quneitra, Syria July 8, 2017. Picture taken July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir
Dave Majumdar, National Interest: Can Russia and America Work Together in Syria?
Ultimately, it will be the Assad regime and the various other proxy forces—both U.S. and Russian aligned—that will determine if the two great powers can work together.
The United States is willing to work jointly with Russia to conduct stability operations in a post-ISIS Syria. Those stability measures could include jointly monitored no-fly zones and cease-fire observation missions. But exactly how such arrangements might be implemented are likely to be the subject of intense negotiations—and could be derailed by wayward proxies on the ground.
The United States and Russia have previously worked together during peacekeeping operations in the Balkans during the 1990s, but Moscow is not likely to be as willing to make the same kinds of concessions today that Boris Yeltsin’s government did when the Kremlin’s power was at a near historic low point. Today’s Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Putin is much more likely to demand an equal partnership in Syria than the severely weakened state that emerged in the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse.
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WNU Editor: This new U.S. - Russian relationship is going to be tested now .... A new Syrian truce goes into effect, testing Trump’s relationship with Putin (Washington Post). More here .... U.S.-Russian ceasefire deal holding in southwest Syria: Observatory, rebels (Reuters).
4 comments:
Prussia?
LOL. I have corrected it.
take closer look at the agreement. 1. it is only for southwestern syria. Russia claims they will patrol to keep the peace. White House says this not yet worked out. Israel says no Russian troops on its border.
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Ah I think it's just the beginning but Putin will use Syria to bargain for gains in Ukraine. I hope the USA feels strongly about removing Assad because it will take that for us to ease up on the sqnctions. When this is over Ukraine will return to Russia. Well most of it. I have no horse in the race but that's the way I see it. It will become another split like North and South Korea if not. See how well that's going. Maybe just maybe Trump can negotiate a better deal for Ukraine but I doubt it will hold.
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