Debris from damaged buildings after gunmen stormed the headquarters of Al-Ikhbariya news channel near Damascus, June 27, 2012, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA.
Western Agreement 'Could Leave Syria In Assad's Hands For Two More Years' -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
Special Report: Need for oil routes buys time, claims key Damascus figure
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria may last longer than his opponents believe – and with the tacit acceptance of Western leaders anxious to secure new oil routes to Europe via Syria before the fall of the regime. According to a source closely involved in the possible transition from Ba'ath party power, the Americans, Russians and Europeans are also putting together a deal that would permit Assad to remain leader for at least another two years in return for political concessions to Iran and Saudi Arabia in both Lebanon and Iraq.
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My Comment: Robert Fisk has some very good contacts in the Middle East .... so this talk of a "grand agreement" to stop the Syrian civil war may have some substance to it. But while the diplomats outside of Syria do the talking, the men who will ultimately decide on the fate of such an agreement are now gripped by a "fight to the finish" mindset against the Assad regime .... determined to win regardless of what the diplomats may say.
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