But that is no easy task.


Associate Professor of Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University
But that is no easy task.

Despite the normalisation efforts by Arab states, Syria will not be stabilised until there is justice for war crimes.

Despite the bleak realities, it is still too early to write a requiem for the Syrian revolution.
![Various regime and rebel supporters seem to agree that the solution to the Syrian crisis will be on the battlefield, writes Abboud [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20143186941386734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
With both sides coming to Geneva kicking and screaming, negotiations had no chance of success.
![For Syria, a transition government should not be the end goal [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/201415134224707734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
In the lead-up to Geneva II conference, Saudi Arabia is intent on regime change in Syria.
![Saudi Arabia is "slowly slipping into the role of spoiler" in Syria, writes Samer Abboud [REUTERS]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/201311251346182734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Can the Geneva II process end the Syrian impasse?
!["A political agreement that initiates some sort of transition process is one of the few ways out of the Syrian impasse," argues Samer Abboud [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013102372542829734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Analysis: The more obvious reason for Trump’s attack on a Syrian airbase was to silence dissent and whip up patriotism.

Safe zones represent a solution to the symptom and not the larger problem.

A quick take on some of the key questions about what next for Syria’s war.

The collapse of the armed opposition in Aleppo has removed the major military threats to regime advancement.
