Barak: Syrian president faces Gaddafi’s fate

Syria's president has reached "a point of no return" and faces the same fate as former despots in Libya and Iraq, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Saturday.

"I think that he went beyond the point of no return, no way that he will he resume his authority or legitimacy," Barak told a defense summit, predicting Syrian President Bashar al- Assad's regime could fall within months under growing international pressure.

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi was killed shortly after his capture in October, while Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed in 2006.

According to UN estimates, over 3,500 people have died in the turmoil sweeping Syria since mid-March.


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