June 28, 2018

A year-old cease-fire in southwestern Syria, long cited by the Trump administration as a test of whether the United States and Russia can work together in a conflict that finds them on opposite sides, is on the verge of collapse amid an accelerating offensive by the Syrian government and its allies.

The U.S. and Russian governments this week accused each other of failing to adhere to the agreement that was finalized in July 2017 at a meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladi­mir Putin. Both governments said that Syria will be a main agenda item when the two leaders next meet, in Helsinki in ­mid-July.

In the meantime, the United Nations warned that what it described as the potential next bloodbath in Syria, this time along the borders of Jordan and Israel, risked a wider conflict.

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