U.S. Defense Chief Says Assad Regime May Still Fall
Despite surviving more than four years of civil war, the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad might still fall, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday.
"We would like to see a transition in which Assad disappears from the scene," Carter testified before the House of Representatives' Armed Services Committee.
"That is possible because his forces are much weakened," Carter added.
Government forces are more and more isolated in and around Damascus and in the Alawite-majority region of the northwest of the country, Carter said.
"The best way for the Syrian people for this to go would be for him to remove himself from the scene," Carter said.
The complex war in Syria involves the government, moderate rebels, Kurds and jihadists.
More than 230,000 people have been killed in Syria since the war began in March 2011.
Grow up and stop making delusional statement. It is exactly those type of claims and lies that have brought us to this state of affairs. It is time for the monster to quit so a transition in Syria is possible.
Just like the US regime MAY still fall. Who cares what MAY happen? Stick to the facts on the ground. A comet MAY strike the earth.
Russia and Iran will not let that happen... Thousands of troops from Iraq and Iran have recently been flooding Damascus reinforcing the SAA