Obama Offers Assad Secret Deal

On the eve of a critical Capitol Hill discussion on Syria and two days before his address to the nation, President Obama offered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a way out of any U.S. bombing campaign.

Informed Middle Eastern intelligence officials tell WND the U.S. passed a message to Assad through Russia offering a deal that would ensure against U.S. military action if the Syrian leader agrees to the following terms:

Serious political reforms that will result in free and fair presidential elections.

Assad will not be allowed to run in future presidential elections and agrees to step down from power.

An international committee will supervise control of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal.

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