No End in Sight for Syria's 4-Year War

A few weeks ago, Syrian rebel leaders like Abdul Rahman were optimistic. With insurgents seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad storming the northwestern city of Idlib, commanders talked as if the final phase of the four-year civil war had begun. Militia leaders spoke of taking the war out of northern Syrian provinces and putting pressure on Latakia on the coast or striking south toward Hama and Homs. That would afford them the opportunity to threaten the Syrian capital of...

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