Sentence examples for would be assad from inspiring English sources

("It wasn't what Secretary Kerry was intending to imply, that that would be Assad himself … he was using 'Assad' as a shorthand, obviously, representative of the regime").

("It wasn't what Secretary Kerry was intending to imply, that that would be Assad himself... he was using 'Assad' as a shorthand, obviously, representative of the regime").

Essential to this, however, would be Assad stepping down.

"It would not be and would never be, and it wasn't what Secretary Kerry was intending to imply, that that would be Assad himself..."...

In the words of one recently departed senior adviser to Mr. Obama, "the worst outcome would be making Assad look stronger".

In a segment of the CBS interview that wasn't aired (the State Department distributed the transcript), Kerry said that the premise of any talks would be that Assad is "ready to have a serious negotiation about the implementation of Geneva I," a reference to a conference, in 2012, that called for a transitional government.

The US bombed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in early April — just days after Tillerson suggested the administration would be fine with Assad staying in power.

There is no telling what the ramifications would be if Mr. Assad fell.

"They believe the regime's rhetoric, that they would be massacred if Assad falls," she said.

He said it was wrong to believe that air strikes in Syria would be illegal without Assad's approval.

Even with Kerry promising on Monday that any attack would be "unbelievably small", Assad would still prefer to avoid an American attack if he can.