However President Donald Trump chooses to sell it, the truce scheduled to be signed in Geneva this Friday is not a permanent settlement, writes chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman. There is also still plenty of room for disputes and misunderstandings, which could cause the fragile peace to break down.

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