CNN: Saudi Arabia official: If all else fails, remove Syria's Assad by force
Munich, Germany (CNN)Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says if the Syrian political process fails, President Bashar al-Assad will have to be removed "by force."
"I believe Bashar al-Assad is weak and I believe Bashar al-Assad is finished," Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview in Munich, Germany.
Saudi Arabia is prepared to contribute ground troops to the fight in Syria, but only as part of a U.S.-led coalition, he said.
"Bashar al-Assad will leave — have no doubt about it. He will either leave by a political process or he will be removed by force."
"We will push as much as we can to ensure that the political process works. But if it doesn't work, it will be because of the obstinance of the Syrian regime and that of its allies."
"And should that prove to be the case, then it becomes clear that there is no option to remove Bashar al-Assad except by force."
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