Syrian protesters, backed by US, hunker down for long battle to oust Assad
Syrian protesters hold up a banner against President Bashar Al Assad during a demonstration near the province of Edlib, northwest Syria. (AP Photo)
By JAMES M. DORSEY
AL ARABIYA
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s main interlocutors, the leaders of mass anti-government protests that have racked his country for four months, were conspicuously absent at Sunda…