Time to Put the Guns Down?

摘要

The regime of President Bashar Assad said it would suspend military operations against rebel fighters by April io, acceding to the terms of a peace plan proposed by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan that would compel Assad to enter into a dialogue with the opposition. U.S. officials, among others, were skeptical, convinced that the regime would continue its crackdown on the yearlong uprising, which has already claimed nearly 10,000 lives.