Assad's gain is a loss for all of us

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri visited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - a man he once accused of 'trading in blood' - on Saturday, in a stunning victory for the Syrian and a loss for the West. In Lebanon, the Hezbollah-led “resistance camp” indeed lost the elections, but who even remembers the results by now? Hezbollah is a full partner in the unity government, it maintained its