U.S. is in a “holding pattern ” on Syria, report

Ya Libnan Wednesday 16th May, 2012

Fifteen months into the crisis in Syria, and the Obama administration is, as one U.S. official describes it, in ';a holding pattern,'; waiting for Russia to abandon its support for President Bashar al-Assad, waiting for sanctions to topple the economy and waiting for an organized Syrian opposition to present a coherent vision for a post-Assad Syria.

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