Russian Prime Minister Medvedev: Al-Assad's Grip On Power "Slipping Away"

 

Al-Assad's Grip On Power "Slipping Away," Medvedev Says -- CNN 

(CNN) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's odds of holding power "are slipping away" as the nearly 2-year-old revolt against his rule grinds on, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says.

In an interview that aired Sunday on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Medvedev distanced Moscow from its longtime Middle East client.

But he repeated Russia's longtime insistence that outside powers shouldn't be picking Syria's leaders.

"From the outset, the Russian Federation was not an exclusive ally of Syria or President Assad," Medvedev said. "We used to have good relations with him and his father, but he had much closer allies among the Europeans."

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