Exclusive-US, UAE discussed lifting Assad sanctions in exchange for break with Iran, sources say
By Maya Gebeily, Parisa Hafezi and Alexander Cornwell BEIRUT/GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. and the United Arab Emirates have discussed with each other the possibility of lifting sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he peels himself away from Iran and cuts off weapons routes to Lebanon's Hezbollah,