Turkey Would Consider Working With Assad If He Won A Democratic Syrian Election

According to Reuters, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a conference in Qatar that Turkey and other world powers would consider working with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he won a democratic election. Turkey supported the opposition to Assad in the Syrian civil war that broke out in 2011. When asked if Turkey would work with Assad, Cavusoglu said Syria must hold an election and if Assad won, a "democratic election" it would be credible enough to consider working with him.