U.S. officials eyeing possible Assad successors
Israel expects the findings of an international investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri to prove extremely embarrassing for Syria and put President Bashar Assad’s regime in a difficult situation, government sources said yesterday.The sources added that senior American officials, in recent conversations with their Israeli counterparts, have expressed interest in Israel’s assessments of Assad’s possible successors, asking who Israel thought could replace him and still maintain Syria’s stability. Full Story