James Jeffrey: “I think Russia's support for the Assad regime is a mistake.”

A political solution is highly unlikely with a government acting the way the current Assad government acts.

It's unpleasant, it's transactional, it's ugly, but we and Turkey have very similar strategic goals.

We would do everything short of military force to try to hold off a Turkish incursion.

If the regime and its sponsors do not accept this path forward, we, aligned with much of the international community, will continue the very broad economic and diplomatic pressure on this regime.