And this dovetails with both the Syrian and Russian view that Syria should remain a single unitary state and not dismembered - as per both Israeli and US wishes - into squabbling fiefdoms.
This goes the same for Iraq, I see on American TV pundits and politicans discusing the dismemberment of Iraq is the natural outcome. Lets for the moment forget the US has the no right tell another country that it should split up. The only reason the current pro american government in iraq is still in power is that the US has not called for Kurdish homeland in iraq. If they do Shite factions will start a war agaisnt the Kurds to unifiy iraq. I doubt the american presence in Iraq will be welcome. If the Kurds try for a homeland they may be attack be Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran.