No one really know how conflicts will end so we will have to see what happens in the future.
Syria war enters crucial phase as pressure grows on both Assad and Islamic State
David Pratt
Foreign Editor, Sunday Herald
Friday 3 July 2015
All wars have a turning point.
All too often that pivotal moment is never visible until well after it happens.
Four years into the Syrian conflict that has claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people and caused the suffering of many millions more have we finally reached that turning point?
Has that critical moment arrived when the direction of the war in Syria is shifting irrevocably and simultaneously against both the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and those Islamic State (IS) fighters seeking to oust him?
It would be a brave if not foolish analyst that would say unequivocally that was indeed the case right now. I for one would urge caution over such an evaluation. That said there are undoubtedly signs that the battlefield tide may be turning.
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Syria war enters crucial phase as pressure grows on both Assad and Islamic State
David Pratt
Foreign Editor, Sunday Herald
Friday 3 July 2015
All wars have a turning point.
All too often that pivotal moment is never visible until well after it happens.
Four years into the Syrian conflict that has claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people and caused the suffering of many millions more have we finally reached that turning point?
Has that critical moment arrived when the direction of the war in Syria is shifting irrevocably and simultaneously against both the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and those Islamic State (IS) fighters seeking to oust him?
It would be a brave if not foolish analyst that would say unequivocally that was indeed the case right now. I for one would urge caution over such an evaluation. That said there are undoubtedly signs that the battlefield tide may be turning.
Continue reading at:
Syria war enters crucial phase as pressure grows on both Assad and Islamic State Herald Scotland?