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Why Assad’s military gains don’t translate to success in Syrian peace talks The uprising in Syria will mark its sixth anniversary on March 15, but the Syrian war has far from run its course.Much has changed in the Syrian government’s favour over the past 18 months. Russia’s decision to formally intervene in the conflict in September 2015 buttressed the ailing regime’s air superiority and allowed it to win back substantial swathes of Syrian territory, most notably in East Aleppo in December 2016.In the international arena, Donald Trump became president of the United States and signalled that the US would distance itself from the Syrian opposition, while the opposition’s key state sponsor, Turkey, has recently shown greater interest in using opposition groups to defeat Syrian Kurdish factions and the Islamic State group than the Syrian regime.Continued: http://theconversation.com/why-assads-military-gains-dont-translate-to-success-in-syrian-peace-talks-74275