Mattis Says Syria's Assad Eventually Will Have to Be 'Managed Out of Power'
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st October, 2018) Syrian President Bashar Assad will ultimately have to be "managed out of power" because he lost credibility, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said during a discussion at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC.
"We see the reason that I think eventually Assad will have to be managed out of power," Mattis said on Tuesday. "I don't think any election run under the offices of the Syrian regime is going to have any credibility with the Syrian people or with the international community."