Analysis: Israel frets on sideline as fall of Assad
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (C) visits to place flowers on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the occasion of Martyrs' Day, in Damascus May 6, 2012, in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Keen for a little bit of certainty in a turbulent Arab world, Israeli leaders persuaded themselves last year that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - the devil they knew next door - was finished, and something possibly better might be on the way.
Credit: Reuters/SANA/Handout
Douglas Hamilton
JERUSALEM
Fri May 11, 2012 12:02pm EDT
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