It appears as though
PM Medvedev of Russia has been reading my posts on PPRuNe.
Originally Posted by PM Medvedev
"I think that the ideas that are sometimes put forward -- let's exclude President Assad and then agree on everything -- are unrealistic as long as Assad is in power," Medvedev said.
"He's not mad. He must receive some kind of guarantees or, in any case, some kind of proposals on the development of political dialogue in Syria itself, on possible elections, on his personal fate."
As I've been saying since this civil war began and the "Arab Spring spreading to Syria" meme developed, B.Assad has seen the fate of Saddam and Mubarak, and isn't interested in being put into such positions.
Meanwhile, in some good news,
Hezbollah seems to have a problem tracking a recent UPS shipment ... courtesy of the IAF.
Not sure if the offcial Israeli line is air tight, but it seems consistent with a few of their more recent exercises of air power in that area.