Four years after the outbreak of the country’s civil war, and despite the horrific humanitarian consequences of the fighting, international diplomacy to stop the violence has achieved nothing. The United Nations Security Council has been split and ineffective, and even Russia seems to be gradually losing the leverage it once had in Damascus.
这需要公开商讨叙利亚问题。叙利亚内战爆发已届四年，虽然战争带来了可怕的人道主义后果，但制止暴力的国际外交活动却没有取得任何进步。联合国安理会一直保持分裂低效，就连俄罗斯似乎也正逐渐失去其在大马士革曾经有过的影响力。