Russia’s Syria Initiative: Obama Postpones Attack on Assad, on Spiegel Online International, by Marc Pitzke in New York, September 10, 2013 (Photo Gallery): Potential US strikes against the Assad regime now appear to be postponed until further notice after US President Barack Obama said he was open to a Russian plan to put Syrian chemical weapons under international control. But many doubt the plan will work …;
Charlie Rose interview with Assad: Did he make a blunder? (+video), on CSmonitor, by Peter Grier, Sept 9, 2013: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to journalist Charlie Rose in which he at times sounded reasonable. But he also threatened the US, which might not have been wise …;