"After almost three years of urban warfare, the Syria uprising has mutated and produced unintended consequences. It has been hijacked by religious hardliners, criminal warlords and regional rivalries. The early hopes and dreams of millions of Syrians of an open, inclusive and pluralistic post-Assad government are now buried in the country's killing fields." An Excerpt from an article by British-Lebanese writer and academic Dr Fawaz Gerges. It was published in the Guardian on December 15 under the title: Saudi Arabia and Iran must end their proxy war in Syria.
