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LIVE: Fall of Aleppo - update 15th December 2016
15 December 2016 14:32 GMT
Soumaya Ghannouchi, a political analyst and expert on Middle East politics, writes that a political compromise must be reached between the Russians, Iranians, Turks and the Gulf to resolve the Syrian crisis. She writes:
"There is no heroism, honour, or indeed victory in wars between fellow countrymen and women. Assad cannot exterminate the military opposition, no matter how many battles he wins, nor can the opposition realistically hope to topple him with the strong alliances he has managed to forge.
The only way out of the bottomless pit of death and devastation is through a political compromise backed by the main powers involved, that is, the Russians, Iranians, Turks and the Gulf. Only then can we hope to salvage what remains of Syria."