lol know meant whichever president came hafez new president assad considerable foreground support supports would freaked coup would claimed instability would arise assad supporters trying use defense trying say although bashar assad good economic international policies syria fear non baathist potentially elected syria economic international policies change iran would still major factor syrian life considering buisness deals stakes cultural exchanges would change social freedoms better also every country revolution still alive today muslim brotherhood syria weak even weaker islamist prescence libya rebels libya support see yet could hardly take control without nato chance syrian muslim brotherhood none anything nonviolent protests weaken resolve muslim brotherhood making less influence everyday life syrians know pro syria armenia pro assad unlike armenia people like sargsyan kopcharyan democratically elected assad one ran allowed