Told he must go, Syria's Assad may outlast Obama in office
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bashar Assad's presidency looks likely to outlast Barack Obama's./ As the United States has turned its attention to defeating the Islamic State group, it has softened its stance on the Syrian leader. More than four years ago, Obama demanded that Assad leave power. Administration officials later said Assad did not have to step down on "Day One" of a political transition. Now, they are going further. A peace plan agreed to last weekend by 17 nations meeting in Vienna says nothing about Assad's future, but states that "free ...
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