A look at the Arab press in recent days gives the impression that the regime of Bashar Assad in Syria is on the verge of elimination.
But before we pop open the champagne, it’s worth recalling that Assad’s rule has been in the same situation in the past.
The old Syria has been slowly falling apart for four years and two months, and as far back as July 2012, following the bombing of the Syrian army’s headquarters in Damascus, commentators (including this writer) predicted it would be a matter of days, weeks, or months at most before Assad’s fall.
But yet here we are, almost three years later, and the Syrian president is still clinging on to what’s left of his rule, which mostly consists of a narrow strip of land between Damascus and Latakia. (READ MORE)
