King Abdallah’s Political Alternative to Military War Not Possible Against Syria Now

"However, what happened that is that the Syrian regime completed in the first week of this month the process of regaining the initiative and the prosecution of armed groups, especially in the city of Hama, which was seen as one of the most prominent focal points for the assumed revolution," the daily added.

"Emphasizing that the king's speech disclosed the implied intentions against Damascus, without gloves or powder, the Saudi position not only reflects the failure of betting on "Trojans" to turn the tables inside Syria but also falls in the context of retrospective connection with a Lebanese account hanging with al-Assad, after the collapse of the "S-S" equation and the exclusion of Saad Hariri as prime minister parallel to the weakening of the Saudi influence of in Lebanon," the writer uncovered.

According to the Lebanese daily "what was announced by King Abdullah parallel to Gulf, Turkish, American and European attitudes is a political alternative for military war which is not possible now against Syria."

The paper's sources highlighted that "the goal is not only the head of Syria, but also to weaken "Hamas", "Hizbullah", and Iran , which this trio forms with Damascus a risk on US and "Israeli" interests in the region."