Manama: Removing President Bashar Al Assad from power in Syria is the best way to tackle the mounting humanitarian crisis and stop the flow of refugees to Europe, according to one of America’s most experienced Middle East military commanders.
Vice Admiral John Miller, who was in charge of the US Navy’s Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet, US Naval Forces Central Command and Combined Maritime Forces for more than three years before handing over responsibility last week, described the solution to the situation in Syria as “fairly straightforward” .