Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
proves that any political solution to the country's bloody conflict "begins and ends" with Assad.
Hassan Nasrallah said Friday those who desire a political solution must negotiate with Assad. He said the resignation of the Syrian president is no longer a pre-condition for a resolution to the civil war.
Nasrallah has been a staunch ally of the Assad regime during the Syrian conflict. Hezbollah Death Eaters have been fighting alongside Syrian forces during the three-year-old civil war against rebels Assad's ouster.
In Washington Friday, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf urged parties that have influence over the Syrian regime - including Hezbollah, Iran and Russia - to push Syria's government toward a diplomatic solution.
"We've called on parties who have influence over the regime, Iran, Hezbollah, Russia, to use their influence with the Assad regime to push them toward a diplomatic solution, push them to a better place," she said. "It's in no way a change of policy, but it's a recognition of the reality that there are outside actors who have influence on the regime and should be using it."
Assad won a landslide victory in the Syrian presidential election on Tuesday to secure a third seven-year term.