UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently tried to resurrect talks aimed at implementing a 2012 peace proposal that had been endorsed by the UN Security Council but was rejected by both sides in the war. The Assad regime (and its backers in Tehran and Moscow) wanted Mr. al-Assad and other officials to be part of the transition process. Instead, the rebels (and their Western and Arab backers) insisted Mr. al-Assad had to go – preferably going on trial for war crimes. After the disagreement three years ago, another 200,000 Syrians were killed Actually, a solution must be imposed from outside having broad international support, the UN thinks.
