Militants’ Defeat in Aleppo Has US Scrambling to Derail Syrian Juggernaut

Militants’ Defeat in Aleppo Has US Scrambling to Derail Syrian Juggernaut

The dramatic success of the Syrian Army’s operation to liberate Aleppo province and to surround the jihadist-held section of the key city of Aleppo has left Washington scrambling to find ways to “delay or derail” the operation “and avoid the impending collapse of US policy in Syria,” writes independent US journalist Mike Whitney.