The Saudi Ambassador Is Underplaying This Whole S-S Thing

Remember how the discussions between the Syrians and the Saudis are supposed to be the last bulwark against chaos in Lebanon? How their entire purpose was to contain the hell-on-earth that would emerge in the case of an STL indictement against Hezbollah?

Then why is the Saudi ambassador in Lebanon going around telling newspapers that “There is no Saudi-Syrian initiative for a solution. There are suggestions” (can somebody please explain to me the difference between initiative and suggestions?) , and that the talks have nothing to do with the indictment?. I thought that the indictment was the whole purpose of the talks.

It seems the Syria-Saudi negotiations are fizzling. It is unclear if this has anything to do with Washington being recently active on the STL front. But it will be interesting to watch (impatient) Hezbollah’s reaction to that.