Thursday, August 9, 2012

U.N.: No One Will Win In The Syrian Civil War

A general view shows a street after clashes between Free Syrian Army fighters and forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad, in Salah Edinne district, in the centre of Aleppo. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Syria: U.N. Says No One Will Win -- Christian Science Monitor

The possibility of a drawn out civil war in Syria looms, as fighting continues across the country. Assad's army has ceded ground elsewhere in order to focus its resources on fighting in Aleppo. In the meantime, the U.N. may name a new envoy to replace Kofi Annan next week.

Syrian forces have pushed rebels back from a strategic district of Aleppo, but skirmishes continued in the city and the United Nations said the conflict engulfing Syria would have no winner.

Diplomats told Reuters that veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi could be named next week to replace the U.N.-Arab League Syria envoy Kofi Annan, who resigned in frustration at the international deadlock on how to end the violence.

But they warned their could be last-minute changes if a key government had concerns or the candidate had second thoughts.

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My Comment: I disagree. All civil wars will end .... and in the end .... someone always wins. In Syria .... unless the big powers intervene to separate the main combatants and force an armistice that splits the country .... through attrition someone will end up victorious.

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