Balanche is a Syria expert and a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.   https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/fabrice-balanche/rss en Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Fabrice Balanche https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2018/01/05/analysis-what-lies-ahead-for-syria-in-2018 https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2018/01/05/analysis-what-lies-ahead-for-syria-in-2018 The coming year in Syria will likely be marked by reconciliation deals, partial economic recovery and, ultimately, Assad continuing to hold power in the country, according to Syria expert Fabrice Balance.