Syria Talks: The Aleppo Dilemma

... Iran are on the defensive trying not to demonstrate their frustration with the Kremlin’s actions in Syria and Aly Akbar Velayati, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s foreign policy advisor who is a frequent guest in Moscow, even had to reiterate it to Iranian reporters that Russia’s strategy is part of a plan known to Tehran. Instability in Aleppo reveals that Assad’s control over the region is all but firm. Analysts forecasted that the government that had succeeded in isolating rebels around the city would eventually starve them out into surrendering. But some militant groups certainly ...