Future of Assad and Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party In Limbo As Syria Sitzkrieg Plays Out

... That bluster had enough weight to it that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to FSA leader General Salam Idris, who is currently ... ... much an option. Then too, there are no indications that president Vladimir Putin has backed off from his “yes we will” ... ... economic warfare, particularly the desire in Washington, Quatar and Saudi Arabia to reduce Russia’s footprint in the lucrative ... ... a European analyst or a representative of a Russian firm like Gazprom, the writer of the Monitor story sourced David Goldwyn,...