Assad may win war but will preside over a ruined Syria

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad appears to be winning the war against those who sought his overthrow, but he will preside over a ruined country with an economy in tatters."Assad remains in charge of most of the population and most of the important territory, and I expect him to continue to rule most of Syria," said Aron Lund, a Syria expert with the Century Foundation think-tank.The writing is on the wall even in the halls of the United Nations, where special envoy Staffan de Mistura last week