US State spokesperson on Syria: 'I don't know what some of you expect us to do'

The Syrian civil war, which began almost seven years ago, is a seemingly intractable regional morass that has only become more dangerous as global powers have been drawn into the conflict and are increasingly at risk of clashing. Iran, Turkey, Russia, the US, the militant group Hezbollah and Persian Gulf nations are among the entities on the ground, either with their own forces or through proxies. Efforts to de-escalate the war or spare civilians have consistently fizzled. When pressed for specifics about what the Trump administration was doing or could do, Nauert expressed frustration. "I don't know what some of you expect us to do," she said. "Our best tool, what we do out of this building. 

Source: Yahoo News