<sarcasm>Those journalists had it coming saying such awful things about Bashar al-Assad's government. </sarcasm>

Assad lost when part of his military defected to the rebel side ...
Just a matter of time now. The Russians and Chinese are not going do die over Syria or Iran they are just making noise as usual.

If I were to guess the Syrian situation is near the top topic in the meeting between Netanyahu and Obama -- Iran may just be a smokescreen at this point in the game.