A bleak, short overview of the Syrian war by Professor Scott Lucas, Birmingham University; who ends with:
The agenda for 2018 looks like more of the same. Bombing and shelling, including of civilians. Sieges, starvation, and deaths from treatable medical conditions. A Russian-backed disinformation campaign to smear medics and rescuers as puppets of both al-Qaeda and the US. Political gatherings which yield little more than platitudes. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Link:ttps://theconversation.com/syria-upd...-the-war-89947