Kurds partioning Syria Iraq whether U.S. policy likes it or not

Kurds Sign Truce With Syrian Government in Northeast, Portending a Shift from an asinine U.S. foreign policy objective for a unified Syria and Iraq before their can be peace. While it may not be apparent to Bashar al-Assad that he can't regain control of all of Syria, both Russia and Iran realize that its useless. Iran has made its peace with the Kurds in Iraq's Kurdistan region so that the same can be expected in Syria. Putin on the other hand has no respect for al-Assad as was apparent during his hat in hand visit to Moscow last year but he has gotten Russia's support because of the Naval Base on the Mediterranean coast, an Alawite enclave. Anything to keep his base secure is in Putin's interest but he has no interest in expanding al-Assad's control beyond the Alawite regions of Syria because its a quagmire of dysfunction with no end.