Comment: Note the sound of crickets on this topic, just days after the battle was over. It's not peace in Syria that the warhawks want, it's continued conflict with Syrians paying for it with their lives.

There is no military solution to Syria. The only way forward is through political negotiations. And political negotiations cannot take place while armed conflict is raging. With this development, it's to be hoped that all the SYRIANS in this conflict can reach some kind of an accord. As for the foreign terrorists, jihadis and extremists that flooded into the country to feed off the conflict, their days are numbered.