The UN human rights chief says the Security Council's ineffectiveness on Syria caused hundreds of thousands of deaths.

However, there is was no proper action the Security Council could have taken in regard to Syria, even if it had not been paralyzed between the US and Russia.

The US and UK are now being drawn by necessity into allying with Assad in Syria against ISIS.

The only chance for supporting opposition to Assad with good results was when the opposition was not jihadi. I think Saudi Arabia and Qatar are to blame for the jihadists in Syria.