(Telegraph-UK) Editorial - Assad has set his face against attempts to bring democracy to Iraq and peace between Israelis and Palestinians. In so doing, he has forfeited any chance of engaging Tel Aviv in talks for the return of the Golan Heights and has put at risk his country's hold over Lebanon. If he fails to recover the first and loses the second, he could well be overthrown by forces within Syria. His father, Hafiz, always managed to persuade the world that he was a key player. Bashar, by contrast, is digging himself deeper and deeper into trouble by defying the seismic changes in the region. Few would shed tears for the extinction of Ba'athist rule in the Middle East.
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