Le Pen Says Assad May Be Lesser of Two Evils for Syria's Future
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Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that having Syria ruled by President Bashar Al-Assad was a more “reassuring” choice for France, as the only realistic alternative for power was Islamic State.
Assad represented the “lesser evil,” she told Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Monday, according to comments released by his office after talks in Beirut. “There is no viable and plausible solution other than this binary choice, which is Bashar al-Assad on one hand and the Islamic state on the other hand,” she said. “Assad is obviously today a much more reassuring solution for France than the Islamic State.”