Assad the outcast being sold to the west as key to peace in Middle East

Posters in Damascus depict Bashar al-Assad ahead of the presidential election in May. Photograph: Firas Makdesi/Reuters

Posters in Damascus depict Bashar al-Assad ahead of the presidential election in May. Photograph: Firas Makdesi/Reuters

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/26/assad-the-outcast-being-sold-to-the-west-as-key-to-peace-in-middle-east