Former PM: Syria Under Russia, Iran Control

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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/162405

Former Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab warned in a BBC interview Wednesday that Syrian policy is controlled by Russia and Iran.

Hijab defected earlier this year from the Damascus regime of President Bashar al-Assad, and fled to Jordan. Speaking in Amman, he told the BBC that Assad would never voluntarily surrender power even if offered safe passage out of Syria.

"Since the beginning of this crisis, institutions have been marginalized,” Hijab said on the BBC's “HardTALK” program. “Decisions are being made by Bashar al-Assad (personally). Now it is Iran that is running Syria. Iran makes all the decisions.”