Until we stepped in and started helping the rebels fighting Assad he could have kept ISIS and ISIL under control. Now, with Russia fighting the rebels maybe Assad can wipe out the Christian killers.
The ME will always need to be run by dictators. We just have to make sure it’s our dictator who will do what we tell him to do. Russia wants them to be their dictators and do what Russia tells them to do. Can you blame them?
Not at all, but I certainly wouldn't give them to the green light as Trump seems to want to do.