A view shows a deserted street piled with damaged buildings by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad , in Al-Tarrab neighborhood near Aleppo International airport (REUTERS/Nour Kelze).
Opinion
Civil Wars and Syria: Lessons From History
May 22, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Sean Zeigler
Most of the international debate about Syria policy focuses on how to remove President Bashar al-Assad from power, but the United States must create a more integrated strategy. Michael O’Hanlon and Sean Zeigler write that the most amenable solution is a form of political settlement followed by deployment of a small but significant international force to help cement the peace.