Neoconservatives about-face on U.S. envoy to Syria

Envoy angrily rebuts lie that most Syrian protesters are ‘terrorists’

Yet Turkey, the U.S., and others still seem to hope Assad will come around

In face of horrors and condemnations, engagement still continues

The recent massacres in Oslo, Norway, and Hama, Syria, were both carried out by heartless sociopaths. Why does one of them—Syria’s Bashar al-Assad—continue to enjoy diplomatic relations with Washington?

Obama condemns assault on civilians, again stops short of demanding ouster

But do his words and deeds represent a policy shift?

Eisen, son of Czech Jew, is appointed

Syria may be getting a new U.S. ambassador, but the problem of Syrian engagement is far from solved