Fabius: "Assad "has a lot of faults, he is not an idiot"

"...He said that while President Assad "has a lot of faults, he is not an idiot" and that France "can't see why he would hand over all his powers"."As for the opposition that we support, it is in great difficulty," he added.
France was one of the first countries to give its backing to the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the main military force opposed to Mr Assad, and to the political opposition umbrella movement the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) (lately overtaken, beat & kicked out of Syria by the Saudi supported Islamic Front). ..."