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Why did Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria fail?

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Kofi Annan wrote in the Financial Times on Friday morning of what he called the "destructive lure of national rivalries" in the Syria crisis -- and he appealed to all the parties involved, both Syrian and non-Syrian, to be prepared to shift their positions. His spokesman throughout his period as Syria envoy -- and indeed for many years before -- was Ahmed Fawzi. The World Tonight's Robin Lustig asked him is Kofi Annan now an angry man, or frustrated or disappointed?
10 months ago