BEIRUT -- After more than four years of gridlock fighting, forces loyal to the Syrian regime are convinced that Russian military action in Syria is the catalyst that will propel Syria’s civil war to the finish line. This seismic shift on Syria’s battlefields is not a foreshadowing of forthcoming peace in the country but an indicator that pro-regime forces and international powers backing President Bashar Assad – such as Russia and Iran — have abandoned the idea of a political solution to the conflict. A high-ranking Hezbollah commander who operates several units in Syria told International Business Times: “Today I can tell you the solution is on the way. It’s going to be between Russia,...
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