Political analyst Ivan Eland from the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute in California says Russia's mediation in the Middle East will inevitably lead to a confrontation with the US.
“If you vowing for influence, Russia would bump up against the US, which has also been sort of top mediating in the Middle East. I think you can see a clash of who wants to moderate the conflict and obviously Obama hasn't been very successful, so I think other countries should get involved, because every time the US intercedes, it seems to be more violence after. One of the reasons: the US are too much on Israel's camp. So I think other countries could make the better job,” Eland told RT.