“’The basic strategic question is what Russia will demand from the international community and the U.S. in return for saving these 3.5 million people,’ said James Jeffrey, who recently served as the American envoy for Syria and negotiated cross-border aid with Moscow. ‘The U.S. is putting a lot of emphasis on this and it’s getting a lot of attention, but Putin won’t do this just to make us happy…’”

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