Depressingly, entirely predictable, via Wall Street Journal --
European intelligence agencies secretly met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's delegates to share information on European extremists operating in Syria, the first known encounters since withdrawing their ambassadors.
Bashar al-Assad is running the 1980s Saddam Hussein playbook to perfection.
UPDATE: The story now has wide circulation e.g. BBC.
European intelligence agencies secretly met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's delegates to share information on European extremists operating in Syria, the first known encounters since withdrawing their ambassadors.
Bashar al-Assad is running the 1980s Saddam Hussein playbook to perfection.
UPDATE: The story now has wide circulation e.g. BBC.