Politically, he is Syria. He is the lawfully elected President and he is the commander in chief of their armed forces and he represents the majority of the people. It's the same as Erdogan is to Turkey.
Nonsense. He was never lawfully elected in the sense that the majority actually voted for him. Most Sunnis and Kurds had no access to the polls. Neither did the bulk of the 2.5 million refugees at the time have the opportunity. Nor was there any independent election monitoring. Those who were allowed to run against Assad were picked by the government out of 25 applicants. Far from representing the majority of people, Assad represents the Alawist and a few other minorities including the Christians. There is no way he got ten million votes without ballot stuffing. As for Erdogan, much as I dislike him, I have no evidence his election was fixed.
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