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June 3, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/idf-sources-assad-regime-will-eventually-succumb-to-syria-protests-1.365620

IDF Sources: Assad Regime Will Eventually Succumb to Syria Protests

(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - The regime of Syrian leader Bashar Assad will not survive and will eventually collapse under the pressure of demonstrations. This is the assessment of Israel's military establishment - and this view is gaining strength. A senior security source told Ha'aretz this week that "Assad is becoming weaker. It may take a few months, or a year or more, but the regime will probably fail to recover." "Assad has lost his legitimacy in the eyes of his people and therefore his fate is sealed. Every week of demonstrations and deaths only makes things more difficult for him....I do not think he has a chance against the opposition."

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