US Needs Iran, Turkey For Diplomatic Surge in Syria

The latest UN report on Syria calls for a “diplomatic surge” to end the war, which has reached “new levels of brutality.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (L) sits with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu during the opening of a ministerial meeting in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah, by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on May 13, 2013. The OIC urged its member states to make generous contributions at this week's main donors conference on Mali to be held in Brussels, which aims to raise funds to repair the damage caused by the war against Islamists in the African country. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo c
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (L) sits with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu during the opening of a ministerial meeting in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jiddah, by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on May 13, 2013. - AFP/Getty Images
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The latest report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic describes “new levels of brutality” in the Syrian war and calls for a “diplomatic surge” as “the only path to a political settlement."

The report recommends, “Negotiations must be inclusive, and must represent all facets of Syria’s cultural mosaic.”

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