“The biggest judgment they need to make is to stop Assad from bombing people indiscriminately, which he continues to do,” Mr. Kerry said. Mr. Kerry faced many skeptics in Washington that the arrangement he worked out with his Russian counterpart, Sergey V. Lavrov, would ever work. Mr. Kerry had argued that it was worth testing the Russians on their willingness to act. “The humanitarian assistance is supposed to be flowing,” Mr. Kerry said. It was unclear whether the strikes had been launched by Syrian or Russian jets, both of which frequently bomb the opposition.

Source: New York Times September 19, 2016 00:22 UTC