Putin shortlists candidates to succeed Bashar Assad
DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. February 2, 2016, 11:22 AM (IDT)
The Syrian peace conference in Geneva has only one real task: to rubberstamp the quiet deals Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin have struck for ending the Syrian war. Their pact was first revealed in last week’s DEBKA Weekly. The current issue out next Friday has the sequel, which exclusively covers Putin’s next steps. He is already studying a short list of candidates as Bashar Assad's successor. The next issue also reveals US-Russian plans for eradicating ISIS by the targeted date of July 1.
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Source: http://www.debka.com/article/25202/Putin-shortlists-candidates-to-succeed-Bashar-Assad
