The Syria Conflict is Entering a New Phase

The conflict in Syria has entered a new phase. ISIS has been defeated, yet in many ways the war is metastasizing.

In Eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus, the war is as brutal as ever. After days of extremely heavy bombing, the UN secretary general called Ghouta "hell on earth." Meanwhile, in another part of Syria, in the northern town of Afrin, …