The escalation in the Syrian arena today is no more than an indirect consequence of the failure of the Sochi Conference for National Dialogue, which Russia called as a station on the political track, culminating in two years of military gains on the ground. ...The escalation in the Syrian arena today is no more than an indirect consequence of the failure of the Sochi Conference for National Dialogue, which Russia called as a station on the political track, culminating in two years of military gains on the ground. ...