Bashar al-Assad seizes his chance for a comeback after Syrian earthquake

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Prising the leader of two decades from the arms of Iran, in such a context, would be almost existential for one of his main guarantors.
51% : The fact that Assad has reached the point of rehabilitation is in no small part due to the backing he received from Iran, which has used the insurrection against him to consolidate a bridgehead in Syria through which it can deepen its support for the most important arm of its foreign policy - Hezbollah in Lebanon.
48% : Just how Assad might pivot from Iran, when it remains so central to his fortunes, remains a moot point.
44% : That demand was further clouded on Friday by a surprise detente between Riyadh and Tehran, which had been at odds throughout the post-Arab spring years in which Syria, Lebanon and Yemen have often been battlegrounds for wars fought by their proxies.

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