Commenting on the issue, of how high is the possibility of reaching a ceasefire deal in Syria before Donald Trump's inauguration in January, Cabana answered that the chances are "almost zero."
"Militarily, the situation has changed for the better for the Syrian government. The top half of the northern part of Aleppo has been essentially liberated from ISIS (Daesh)," the expert noted, adding that the Syrian government is currently keeping the situation under control with Russia's help. "So I don't think that this is possible," he stated.
State Department officials have reportedly admitted that Kerry was frustrated over lack of will in the White House to pressure Damascus or Russia. Moreover, they also stressed that Trump's victory had only made Kerry's position weaker. Earlier, Trump promised to cooperate with Russia on the Middle East issue. According to the Washington Post, Kerry is afraid that Russia is only trying to win more time and strike a deal on its own conditions with Trump.
At the same time, the expert noted that the United States is the country that tries to dictate its own rules to everyone.
"This entire war (…) has brought the idea of imperialism to the forefront," he said, adding that the United States "is dictating to different countries" how they should be run or formed. "I think this dangerous. It's dangerous to international order, it's dangerous to international stability (…) and in that regard I think that the Russian government has the right idea that the Syrian people will decide what happens to Syria as it should be," the expert said.
He also noted that the changes might come when Trump will officially replace Obama in his post as US President, but not until then.
