As usual, only one country, the U.S., has the influence to persuade outside powers to accept partition, and to broker a cease-fire between Assad and the less radical rebels. At a time when Russia is building an air base at Tartus, and Turkey is escalating a war against Kurdish militants allied to those in Syria, it is surely the moment to try something that has at least a chance to reduce the bloodshed, no matter how hard it will be to succeed.
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