This Syrian writer seems to know what he's talking about.

March 15, 2017

This is the address of the entire article:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/03/15/opinions/strategy-syria-mess-haid-haid-opinion/index.html

Copyright, with noted exceptions, L. Kochman, March 15, 2017 @ 11:31 a.m.