The new US special envoy for Syria diplomacy warned Thursday that the conflict could expand if there’s no political settlement. James Jeffrey’s comments came just hours after a group of western and Arab countries opposed to Bashar al-Assad met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to press the world body to convene “as quickly as possible” a “credible, inclusive panel” tasked with drafting a new constitution so elections can be held.
“You have a real risk, if you do not get some kind of a political settlement, of a much larger conflict, a red-on-blue conflict as opposed to a conflict of military forces with local jihadis or local rebels,” Jeffrey said.
