British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will remain in place for 'a while' thanks to support from Russia, even though Britain's position was still that he remains a block to lasting peace. 'The British long-standing position is that we won't have lasting peace in Syria with that (Assad-led) regime, but regretfully, we do think he's going to be around for a while,' Hunt told Sky News.
