Assad playing Hariri against Hezbullah

In Lebanon, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has taken a page out of his father, Hafez's playbook. He's playing Prime Minister Saad Hariri off against Hezbullah. According to Lebanese observers familiar with the Syrian regime’s thinking, Assad never intended to end the crisis in Lebanon , he reportedly used the Saudi -Syrian dialogue as a cover for Syria’s comeback to Lebanon and for this reason