Credit: Atimes.
All players in the Syrian crisis have maximalist scenarios for its resolution, and all clash, thus prolonging the civil war.What is needed is a solution that satisfies the most important concerns of all, while coming short of their dreams. The first step in such a solution would be the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad while keeping the regime in place.
Anybody who knows something about Syria will know that Bashar al-Assad is ‘the most liberal of the regime’.