Assad regime in Syria may fall in days, US increasingly believes

Biden administration officials, watching the remarkable speed of the Syrian rebel advance, increasingly see the possibility of the regime of Bashar al-Assad falling within days, five US officials told CNN.

Biden administration officials, watching the remarkable speed of the Syrian rebel advance, increasingly see the possibility of the regime of Bashar al-Assad falling within days, five US officials told CNN. If the American analysis proves true, it would represent a spectacularly fast fall from power for the Syrian dictator after a 14-year war, one that had been relatively stagnant until just last week. Officials cautioned that a formal assessment on Assad’s fate hasn’t emerged and that views vary, saying his demise isn’t a forgone conclusion. “The emerging consensus is that is an increasingly plausible scenario,” one senior US official said. Two more officials agreed the regime could fall by week’s end. “Probably by next weekend the Assad regime will have lost any semblance of power,” one said.