MESOP QUOTATION – ASSAD NOW ONLY A PAWN IN THE GAME
“Whether Assad stays or goes is becoming irrelevant. The conflict is now bigger than him, and it will continue without him. Iran is calling the shots.”
Under this new arrangement, Hezbollah and Iran have become directly involved in the command structures of Assad’s forces, eroding his authority and the Alawite power base that has underpinned four decades of family rule by him and his father.”
Khaled Yacoub Oweis