Turkey's patience with Assad at an end

Turkey's Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdoğan holds the fate of the Syrian regime in his hands, the liberal-conservative daily Jyllands-Posten writes: "There can be no doubt that the days of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad are numbered. The question is if there are people in the existing regime who could conduct a more or less believable dialogue with the opposition as leaders of a transitional government. Or if Assad will cling to power until the last shot has been fired, while the rebels amass more and more arms, the army disintegrates and anarchy spreads. To prevent this horror scenario, Turkey has continued to maintain relations with Assad while at the same time allowing the opposition to hold several meetings in Turkey. But now it would seem Erdoğan's patience with Assad is at an end. The dictator of Damascus has failed to introduce the political reforms that he promised Ankara on numerous occasions."

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