Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s reaction to protests has left those in the West unsure of how to deal with him. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images The Observer’s encounter with Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, was an oddly informal one in a country deeply suspicious of the foreign media. An interview with his British-born wife, Asma, had been arranged, but as it ended, an aide to the president invited me to coffee with Assad himself. Sitting somewhat awkwardly on the vast plush sofas of his reception room in the “official palace” – a place, he explained, where he did not actually live – he asked as many questions as he answered. In a conversational tone, Assad said he wanted…
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