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The latest Syria talks are a Russian fiction

By Tom Rogan
Published July 31, 2018 2:05pm ET
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The latest Syria talks are a Russian fiction
In this Tuesday, July 17, 2018, photo, a Russian flag waves as a Syrian soldier walks on a roof of a military post overlooking the Damascus-Aleppo highway in the town of Rastan, Syria. Rastan and nearby Talbiseh were among the first Syrian towns to carry weapons against the government when the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in 2011. As the Syrian government reasserts control over opposition strongholds, co-existence between the military and former rebel fighters who surrendered is the new reality. | (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Various parties involved in the Syrian civil war are meeting in Sochi, Russia, towards finding a peaceful solution to the bloody seven-year conflict.

Yet even though at least 300,000 people have died in the war, the negotiators will not succeed.

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