It is rare when you see a dictator giving in, unless he does so to prevent bloodshed of his own people.
Syria’s Leader Shows No Willingness To Compromise
BY REUTERS ON 04/08/16 AT 8:48 PM
Syrian President Bashar Assad participates in a news conference in Paris, July 12, 2008.PHOTO: BENAINOUS/HOUNSFIELD/GAMMA-RAPHO VIA GETTY IMAGES
As the Syria peace talks resume next week, President Bashar Assad, backed militarily by Iran and Russia, shows no willingness to compromise, much less step aside to allow a transition Western powers claim is the solution to the conflict.
Threatened by rebel advances last year, Assad is now pumped up with confidence after Russian air strikes reversed the tide and enabled his army to recover lost ground from Sunni insurgents as well as the jihadis of Islamic State.
While Syria experts doubt he can recapture the whole country without an unlikely full-scale ground intervention by Russia and Iran, they also doubt President Vladimir Putin will force him out - unless there is a clear path to stability, which could take years.
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Syria’s Leader Shows No Willingness To Compromise?
Syria’s Leader Shows No Willingness To Compromise
BY REUTERS ON 04/08/16 AT 8:48 PM
Syrian President Bashar Assad participates in a news conference in Paris, July 12, 2008.PHOTO: BENAINOUS/HOUNSFIELD/GAMMA-RAPHO VIA GETTY IMAGES
As the Syria peace talks resume next week, President Bashar Assad, backed militarily by Iran and Russia, shows no willingness to compromise, much less step aside to allow a transition Western powers claim is the solution to the conflict.
Threatened by rebel advances last year, Assad is now pumped up with confidence after Russian air strikes reversed the tide and enabled his army to recover lost ground from Sunni insurgents as well as the jihadis of Islamic State.
While Syria experts doubt he can recapture the whole country without an unlikely full-scale ground intervention by Russia and Iran, they also doubt President Vladimir Putin will force him out - unless there is a clear path to stability, which could take years.
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Syria’s Leader Shows No Willingness To Compromise?
