End game? Assad moves family to ship off the Syrian coast

A report in a Saudi newspaper claims that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has relocated his family to a ship off the coast of Syria.


Citing
"intelligence sources", Al Watan's website claims that Assad has "lost
confidence" in his personal security detail, and is being ferried to the
Syrian capital by helicopter solely for official functions.The
move, should it be confirmed, raises the