Behind the lines: Is Syria on the way to becoming a ‘frozen conflict’?
Neither a grand ‘4+1’ (Russia, Iran, Iraq, Syria plus Hezbollah) war against ‘terror’ nor a regime pullout from Damascus to an Alawi enclave in the western coastal area appears to be in the cards
A VIEW ACROSS near Majdal Shams across the Golan border fence into Syria(photo credit: SETH J. FRANTZMAN)ByJONATHAN SPYER