But that doesn't mean the Pentagon will desist from trying.
The Pentagon's Ash "Empire of Whining" Carter and Britain's Michael Fallon will be meeting with GCC and Turkey brass in Brussels. And guess who's the head of the Saudi delegation: Warrior Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the actual House of Saud supremo as it stands (considering King Salman drifts on and off), as well as defense minister and responsible for the Saudi debacle in Yemen.
The Warrior Prince is absolutely livid that his remote-controlled "rebels" are being shellacked on the ground by the SAA and the Russian Air Force. Yet Yemen will be nothing compared to the drubbing his "Special Forces", a.k.a., mercenaries, will suffer under experienced SAA, Iranian and Hezbollah fighters.
The plot thickens. Both sides will deny it, but there are back-room channels being used by the House of Saud and Moscow to clearly demarcate areas to be run by the SAA and some acceptable "rebels" under the framework of fighting ISIS/ISIL/Daesh. This proves Saudis and Russians can join their efforts as long as it's against hardcore jihadism.
With deranged Sultan Erdogan, on the other hand, any possibility of a deal is beyond remote. Especially after the PYD northeastern Syrian Kurds -- which Ankara regards as "terrorists" -- opened a representative office in Moscow this past Wednesday, at the invitation of President Putin.
So keep an eye on this "cessation of hostilities." Because the real hostilities may be just about to begin.
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