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Jeremy Hunt: President Assad will be in power 'for a while' due to Russian support
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January 3, 2019
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3:47Now PlayingIn a way it was just a statement of the obvious. That after years of fighting a brutal civil war, President Assad is not going anywhere.
But the Foreign Secretary's signal - to Sky News - that Britain is resigned to Syria's leader staying in power, is still a significant moment.
Jeremy Hunt told our Foreign Affairs Editor that Russia's support has kept Assad in office and that Moscow now has a "sphere of influence" in the region.
Mr Hunt is on a tour of the far east and spoke exclusively to Deborah Haynes in Singapore.
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