Syria contributor: Faisal al Yafai Faisal Al Yafai is an award-winning journalist and essayist and chief columnist at The National newspaper in the United Arab Emirates. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/faisal-al-yafai/rss en Syrians Ask the Unthinkable: Could Bashar al – Assad Stay? Civil Society Government & Pro-Government Forces Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Faisal al Yafai https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/15/syrians-ask-the-unthinkable-could-bashar-al-assad-stay https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/15/syrians-ask-the-unthinkable-could-bashar-al-assad-stay After so much bloodshed and such utter devastation in Syria, much needs to be reconsidered.