The story gets more complicated when one considers the UN inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. Assad wants nothing more than to see this affair forgotten – and the proponents of dialogue think that they can give him what he wants in the hope of breaking Syria’s alliance with Iran.
将联合国调查前黎巴嫩总理拉菲克·哈里里（Rafiq al-Hariri）被刺的因素考虑进来以后，问题变得更为复杂。阿萨德最希望的事情莫过于这件事尽快被世人忘记¾而叙美谈判的倡议者认为如果有希望使叙利亚与伊朗决裂，他们能够以此作为交换条件。