Failure of Syria diplomacy exposes enduring divisions over Assad
 

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q...AD-INSIGHT.JPGAs a consequence, Syria looks set for ever greater fragmentation into a *****work of territories, one of them the diminishing Damascus-based state where Assad appears confident of survival with backing from his Russian and Iranian allies. While some Western officials say even Assad's allies **w recognize he can**t win back and stabilize Syria, Moscow is setting out its case for supporting him in ever more forthright terms. Russia's foreign minister in recent days reiterated the Russian view that Assad is a legitimate leader, slammed the U.S. position to the contrary as "counterproductive", and likened the west's approach to Syria to its failures in Iraq and Libya.




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