Syria Talks: The Aleppo Dilemma

... post-transitional period will be marginal. Moscow and Washington are yet to sell the new constitution to Bashar Al Assad and the opposition but it will be a daunting task in part due to the fact that the political process proves hard to launch with Aleppo plunging into another round of violence. On May 5 Russia and the US agreed on a cessation of hostilities in Aleppo for 48 hours. However, rebels ignored the agreement and conducted a major offensive against government-controlled towns underpinning ...