Whatever it was Obama was hoping to do in Syria (Islamist takeover? Take out Iran’s nuclear weapons program?) it is now a lot more difficult.
“We welcome the agreement,” Syrian Reconciliation Minister Ali Haidar told Russian news agency Ria Novosti, giving his country’s first reaction.
“On the one hand, it helps Syria come out of the crisis and, on the other, it helps avoid the war against Syria depriving those who wanted to launch it of arguments to do so,” Mr Haidar said.
“It’s a victory for Syria achieved thanks to our Russian friends.”
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I have no idea what the US and Russia agreed to. The news doesn’t seem to work any more.
You have to read rt.com. Or en.rian.RU. Or voiceofRussia. Pravda is perhaps less reliable than in even soviet times.