Mr Assad looked nervous as he talked for over an hour.

阿萨德在超过一个小时的讲话中显得神情紧张。

youdao

But Russia opposes any measures that would force Assad out.

不过，俄罗斯反对采取行动迫使阿萨德离开。

youdao

Moreover, Colonel Qaddafi is far more isolated and derided by his fellow Arabs than Mr. Assad is.

此外，与阿萨德相比，卡扎菲上校在阿拉伯同胞中要孤立得多，也更不受待见。

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Syria has long had a single-party system led by the Ba'ath party of the Assad family.

VOA: special.2011.08.06

And Mister Obama strongly condemned Syria's president,Bashar al-Assad.

VOA: special.2011.05.21

Assad would be more than eager to play the role of a mediator between the U.S.and anybody.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

Indeed, Mr Putin's military deployments signal that he will not let the Assad regime fall.

BBC: Diplomatic correspondent

Security Council resolutions that many other nations said could have pushed al-Assad to stop the killing.

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Mr Assad's exiled opponents may be scrappy, but those on the ground are making progress.

ECONOMIST: Syria��s crisis