“The administration should consider going in a different direction because this isn’t going to work,” said Robert Wood, a retired career diplomat who served in multiple Republican and Democratic administrations, most recently as the deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations until December.
Donald Trump meets French President Macron as uncertainty grows about US ties to Europe and Ukraine
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Ambassador Robert Wood, the U.S. representative at the U.N., noted that Iran, Russia and Hezbollah — all key allies of Syrian President Bashar Assad — have been weakened and preoccupied with conflicts elsewhere.
Syrian rebels capture strategic city of Hama
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