for Moscow armed “moderate opposition rebels” partaking in parallel international peace processes of Astana and Geneva are no terrorists--Moscow may be insisting on concessions that will fracture Syria https://orientalreview.org/2017/12/11/russias-military-withdrawal-will-prompt-president-assad-compromise/ …https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/12/11/why-assad-believes-that-syria-would-not-survive-transition-federal-system.html …
