US plans post-Assad future
As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad wages a blood-drenched campaign for survival, Washington is stepping up plans for the day after he falls, colored by costly lessons of Senior US officials do not know how long Assad can cling on amid an opposition onslaught, but insist his departure is inevitable and say prudence dictates preparing for the inevitable foreign policy headache. Washington has long called for a "transition" in Damascus, but the defection of Syrian prime minister Riad Hijab this week bolstered growing hopes here that Assad's ...
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