Syria after Assad? U.S. must ‘practice the virtue of patience’

Syria After Assad: A Test of U.S. Restraint in an Unraveling Region
The resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his flight into the protective embrace of Russia is no mere footnote in the annals of Middle Eastern history. It is a seismic event, a fulcrum upon which the fragile equilibrium of the region now tilts. Assad, the iron-fisted autocrat who presided over one of the bloodiest civil wars of the 21st century, has left Damascus in disarray. Yet...