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 …
"US, Britain and France were so convinced that the Syrian dictator was about to fall, they ignored the proposal"https://twitter.com/bernajurema/status/643702071884185600 …