Analysts contend that Syria will gradually enter into a perpetual state of low-intensity conflict, with Assad maintaining his rule over large portions of the country.
Syria's President Bashar Assad visits a Russian air base at Hmeymim, in western Syria in this handout picture posted on SANA on June 27, 2017, Syria.(photo credit: SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByCHARLES BYBELEZER/THE MEDIA LINEUpdated:
