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February 11, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/11/world/middleeast/russian-intervention-in-syrian-war-has-sharply-reduced-us-options.html?ref=middleeast

Russian Intervention in Syrian War Has Sharply Reduced U.S. Options

(New York Times) David E. Sanger - For months, the U.S. has insisted there can be no military solution to the Syrian civil war, only a political accord. But after days of intense bombing that could soon put the city of Aleppo back into the hands of Assad's forces, the Russians may be proving the U.S. wrong. There may be a military solution, one senior American official conceded Wednesday, "just not our solution." The Russian military action has changed the shape of a conflict that had effectively been stalemated for years. Suddenly, Assad and his allies have momentum, and the U.S.-backed rebels are on the run.

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