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Kerry lays blame for the suspension of peace talks on Russia, asserts it has a responsibility to stop bombing the Syrian opposition. Says who?
US Secretary of State John Kerry's recent remarks regarding Russia's role in the Syrian conflict shows how Moscow's military aid to Damascus has weakened Washington's position in the Arab country, an American geopolitical analyst says.
Kerry on Thursday demanded that Russia halt its bombing campaign in Syria, implicitly blaming Moscow for the collapse in the UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva.
In an interview with Press TV, Eric Draitser said that
Kerry's remarks hint at Washington's fading influence in Syria. "What this really tells you is that
the United States recognizes just how weak its position has become, its position both at the negotiating table via its Saudi and Qatari and Turkish proxies, and also weak on the battlefield," he said.
Draitser attributed the situation to Russia's aerial campaign in Syria, which was started last September upon a request by the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia's involvement in the war changed the nature and the tactical situation of the years-long conflict, therefore affecting the ongoing UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva which involves anti-government forces, the analyst noted.
"There is a growing realization among the so-called opposition that they will not win this war. The United States and its allies in NATO and in the [Persian] Gulf - it understands now that the so-called regime change, the removal of the dictator and all of these other phrases, all of this has now been lost to history,
" he explained. This why Kerry is now
urging Russia to stop attacking Daesh positions in Syria, Draitser argued.
However, he warned against being overly optimistic about the possibility of a peaceful end to the conflict as
"the situation the so-called opposition is now so critical and that they have been devastated so completely, now we enter into a new phase," where a Turkish invasion of Syria is a looming possibility.
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