(Ha'aretz) - Syria today is incapable of stopping the activities of terror organizations operating in south Lebanon, as well as the flow of money and military supplies from Iran to the area, a senior U.S. source told Prime Minister Sharon. The same source said that the U.S. has detected that Syrian President Bashar Assad is experiencing difficulty in controlling the advisors of his late father, former president Hafez Assad. While these advisors had little influence when the elder Assad was alive, today they are setting Syrian government policy and exploiting the younger Assad's inexperience.
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