" Right now President Assad believes he’s winning. And there’s no reason that I can imagine that he would change his mind about giving up power or meaningfully sharing power when he thinks he’s winning, " said O'Hanlon.

“现在阿萨德总统相信他赢了。我没有理由想象他会在认为自己赢了时改变放弃权力或有意义地分享权力的想法， ” 奥汉隆说。