Russia proposed more than three years ago that Bashar al-Assad could step down as part of a Syrian peace deal http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/15/west-ignored-russian-offer-in-2012-to-have-syrias-assad-step-aside?CMP=twt_a-world_b-gdnworld …
Former Finnish president & senior negotiator Martti Ahtisaari said western powers failed to seize on the proposalhttps://twitter.com/bernajurema/status/643702071884185600 …