France says 'end is near' for Assad
By REUTERS
LAST UPDATED: 12/16/2012 19:40
PARIS - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Sunday said he believed Syrian President Bashar Assad would fall soon and that the new opposition coalition had to be supported to prevent extremists from taking control.
"I think that the end is nearing for Bashar al-Assad," Fabius told RFI radio.