The Evolution of Washington’s Position on Syria is Clearly Visible Now Despite the significant changes in the situation on the ground in Syria
that is caused by the Russian intervention aimed at destroying ISIL and
other militants, Washington remains confused what sort of politics it
should be conducting in Syria. At least the latest meeting of the
Secretary of State John Kerry with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov has shown that the US is not demanding the immediate Assad’s
departure. This has become the cause of some serious criticism from
Riyadh and Ankara, but frankly, the White House couldn’t care less.
Apparently, American politicians have finally got to grips with the fact
that as long as ISIL is controlling extensive territories in Iraq and
Syria, the situation in the Middle East would remain complicated. At
this stage the US is more concerned about ISIS, since Bashar al-Assad
has already lost the control of half of the Syrian territories due the
major ISIS offensive that was launched in the summer of 2014. Those vast
areas are now used as recruiting centers and training camps for new
terrorists, while Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are making every
attempt to derail each step that Russia or the US take to do something
about it.
