State Dept. Acknowledges Syria Has Been in Same Situation Before with No Improvement

State Dept. Acknowledges Syria Has Been in Same Situation Before With No Improvement (The Washington Free Beacon)

State Department spokesman John Kirby acknowledged on Thursday that the situation in Syria has been repeating itself as another fragile ceasefire is holding for the moment in Aleppo.

Washington Post reporter Carol Morello asked Kirby at the State Department daily press briefing if Secretary of State John Kerry’s words matter to the Assad regime in Syria, adding that the current state of affairs is similar to what has occurred before.

“John, I can’t help but feel like we’ve been here before,” Morello said. “Do you have any reason to believe that as long as the words of the secretary and the rest of the world fall on deaf ears in Damascus, that there is anything in the dynamics on the ground that will make this any different than what we’ve heard weeks ago and months ago?”