Secret detente on Syria
DEBKAfile
Special Report
Sep 10, 2013, 10:20 PM (IDT)
President Barack Obama’s two climb-downs on a US
strike against Syria are turning out to be part of a secret deal with
Vladimir Putin, presented by the former as an accord for stripping
Bashar Assad of his chemical arsenal, and used by the latter as an
expedient for saving the Assad regime. Both were ready to sacrifice the
Syrian rebel movement to their détente. But when Moscow insisted on
pulling the teeth of a tough French-US-British draft resolution at the
Security Council, the session scheduled for Tuesday was postponed
indefinitely.More>
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