Aleppo’s Desperate Peace Deal
The U.N. special representative has called for local ceasefires in Aleppo and elsewhere to start building a broader peace. ISIS, of course, will have none of it.
We Should Negotiate With ISIS
Millions of people now live under ISIS control. Starving them will not defeat the jihadists, and to deliver assistance, you have to deal with those in charge.
Goodbye to the Last of Syria’s Good Guys
Let’s dispense with wishful illusions. The idealists who started the Syrian revolution have been killed, quieted or forced out of the country.