According to the US daily, "The Washington Post", "while stopping short of calling the accord a failure, White House officials are suggesting publicly and privately that it is time to consider a new approach.
"If the regime's intransigence continues, the international community is going to have to admit defeat," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Thursday.
"He has cleaned up Homs and Hama. Damascus is quiet. The Druze and Christians
haven't turned against him. Even the flow of refugees we're seeing confirms that he is succeeding."
A second official described the Syrian President as "more confident because he feels he is in control."
"The security forces and elite military units have remained loyal to al-Assad so far, faithfully snuffing out pockets of resistance," the official said.
"While those reserves are emptying out quickly, the accounts appear sufficient to keep the army supplied for months," he added.
In parallel, "the Washington Post" also revealed that "current and former US officials largely share the assessment that al-Assad's removal is far from imminent."
Source: The Washington Post, Edited by moqawama.org
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