成人快手

President Assad of Syria has powerful friends, including Vladimir Putin of Russia. He also has powerful enemies, including those who were once on his side. Rami Khouri is an analyst at the Issam Fares Institute in Beirut. He thinks that Assad's reliance on others is actually a sign of weakness.

[Image: Porcelain plates bearing portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Credit: JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images]