The US government has not made any serious efforts to actually find a diplomatic solution to the Syrian crisis, US political expert Vali Nasr stated in an interview with Euronews.
The US government fears direct, particularly military, intervention into the situation in Syria, as Washington is afraid to get involved in the war. At the same time, Russia has opted for a much more active role and managed to fill the vacuum that the US was not able to deal with.
“But above all, Russia's involvement has reshuffled the cards in Syria,” Nasr argued.
He stressed that Russia’s military operation has made it much more difficult for the US to undertake any drastic action against the Assad regime. In that case it would have to deal with the Russian aviation — a scenario neither of the parties involved has expected, Nasr stated.
On September 30, Russia started airstrikes against the ISIL terrorists in Syria after an official request from the president of the country Bashar al-Assad. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, during the first two days of the operation the country’s aircraft hit over 10 targets, among them an explosives factory, an arms depot and an ISIL coordination center.
