The Obama administration believes that, even in a best-case scenario, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad will remain in office through March 2017, two months after President Barack Obama leaves office, The Associated Press (AP) revealed on Wednesday.
The news agency obtained an internal U.S. timeline for a best-case Syrian political transition which sets March 2017 for Assad to "relinquish" his position as president and for his "inner circle" to depart.
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