A man stands amid the rubble of damaged buildings at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, south of Damascus February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite a forthcoming review of options in the deteriorating Syria crisis, the White House on Tuesday signalled that President Barack Obama remains wary of any direct U.S. involvement in the three-year-old civil war.
U.S. policy toward Syria appears to be approaching a crossroads, with peace talks between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and his armed opponents having failed for now and Russia unwilling or unable to pressure its ally Assad to cede power.
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