Syrian Ceasefire on the Verge of Collapse; Russians Say U.S. Has No Leverage to Influence Facts on the Ground

It appears the ceasefire agreement that John Kerry worked so hard on was nothing but a ruse. Russian intelligence suggests the ‘moderate’ groups backed by the U.S. are merging with ISIS to attack Assad forces, the true enemy of the Obama administration.

The ceasefire is all but dead. Russian officials cited 53 violations of the agreement over the past 24 hours and say the U.S. doesn’t have leverage to broker a peace, or is completely unaware of the facts on the ground.

“Syrian servicemen and peaceful citizens are still dying. The cause of this is the fact the United States has no effective leverage to influence Syria’s opposition and is unaware of the real situation on the ground,” Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi, a senior Russian Defense Ministry official, told a briefing.

“Taking into account the fact that the terms of the ceasefire are not respected by militants, we consider observing it unilaterally by Syrian government forces is senseless.”

This, coming after U.S. aircraft bombed Syrian forces for the benefit of ISIS, which was admitted as being a mistake, calls into question the sincerity of the ceasefire deal to begin with.