As Special Envoy Meets Syria’s Assad, Russia Signals New Pessimism -- New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lakhdar Brahimi, the special envoy seeking an end to the Syria crisis, held an urgent meeting with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Monday as new signs emerged that Mr. Assad’s grip on power was weakening and that Russia, his most important foreign backer, was moving forward with efforts to evacuate Russian diplomats and other expatriates from the country.
Mr. Brahimi, the Algerian statesman who has been the special Syria representative for the United Nations and Arab League for the past three months, did not specify the substance or tone of his discussion with Mr. Assad, describing it only in general terms in brief remarks afterward.
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My Comment: When you read stories like this one from the Russian press, that is when you know that the Russians are reading the handwriting on the wall .... i.e. it is only a matter of time before the Assad regime collapses.
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