The deadline will make clear whether, as some of his critics have said, Mr Assad is simply stalling for time, our correspondent adds.
But Iran has sent mixed signals about Moscow's proposal for a possible joint venture to enrich uranium, fueling speculation it's stalling for time.
But, until then, they want the government to proceed as it once agreed to do: allow the cut at the stipulated level, and stop stalling every time the environmentalists ask it to.
Their reactions, though, have alternated over the years between insisting that reforms had already been made and stalling for time by stating that the reforms would take several years more to complete, maybe banking on the hope that American attention would drift.
Newhouse told me his numbers showed Romney stalling out around the time of Hurricane Sandy the week before the election, then recovering in the final few days of the race.
It is also like a wrestling match, but now verbal, in which the television interviewer tries to draw out of the wrestler more than a few mumbled stock phrases, while the wrestler lamely resists, clearly stalling until the allotted time runs out.
But they dropped the filibuster stalling tactic, the first time it had ever been used to delay confirmation of a defence secretary, on Tuesday after a week-long recess.
And it will relieve the pressure on consumers, at a time when many are worried that a stalling housing market may weigh on their spending.
At a time when the luxury vehicle market is stalling in the U.S. and Europe, China is becoming an extraordinary life line for the majors from Tokyo to Detroit.
U.N. officials speculated that the government was stalling to give its troops and their Croat allies more time to try and regain territory from Serbs.
This time, however, with little room left for stalling, it may have a price.
As is relates to applications for homes purchases, the backlog in supply of unsold and foreclosed homes is serving as an anchor to the stalling housing market recovery and should curtail many new mortgage applications for some period of time.
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With time no longer so pressing, these details are now being subjected to classic Chinese stalling.
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