Assad and his brutal regime, Almadinah newspaper stressed the fact that al-Assad is a president who killed, tortured and displaced his people and should not stay in power in any way. Okaz newspaper criticized US State Secretary's remarks that his country should negotiate with Bashar al-Assad to find a way out of the Syrian war, describing the remarks as frustrating. On the same issue, Al-Riyadh newspaper called for strengthening the opposition to be a successor to Al-Assad's regime.
