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ou can't do Hama any more. You can't do the Iraqi marshes. Perhaps you can kill dozens, but not tens of tho
lims in Syria and throughout the region feel that Assad's Syria has unduly favored the Alawites, a sect o
A government spokeswoman has hinted that coming reforms will include greater freedom for the press and the right to form political parties. President Bashar al-Assad is due to address the country in the next 48 hours. His speech is eagerly awaited, but it remains to be seen whether it will be enough to defuse the
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030032 →llenged the fundamentals of Syria's security state, a harsh system of controls over every aspect of society, put in place by the late Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father, who ruled for 30 years from 1970 to his death in 2000. By all accounts, the debate HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030032 --- PAGE BREAK --- 4 about how
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030032 →es been far from neutral, favoring one community over another in cynical power plays. Many Sunni Muslims in Syria and throughout the region feel that Assad's Syria has unduly favored the Alawites, a sect of Shiite Islam, who constitute some 12 percent of the population but control a vastly greater percen
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030035 →airfield County nuclear project but also the troubled financial health of SCANA, according to records and evidence in the case." The charges against Marsh are "the result of a three- year law enforcement investigation led by the FBI and months of behind-the-scenes negotiations between federal prosecuto
s" in the Syrian city of Daraa "with government forces and former rebels clashing amid a wave of assassinations, revealing the difficulty President Bashar al-Assad faces in maintaining control over areas he says he has pacified." The Post says the violence in the city is "eroding the image Assad has tried to po
dent Bashar al-Assad faces in maintaining control over areas he says he has pacified." The Post says the violence in the city is "eroding the image Assad has tried to portray as he urges Syrians who fled the country to return home to government-controlled territory. He has promised that no harm will b
airfield County nuclear project but also the troubled financial health of SCANA, according to records and evidence in the case." The charges against Marsh are "the result of a three-year law enforcement investigation led by the FBI and months of behind-the- scenes negotiations between federal prosecuto
an city of Daraa "with government forces and former rebels EFTA00148763 clashing amid a wave of assassinations, revealing the difficulty President Bashar al-Assad faces in maintaining control over areas he says he has pacified." The Post says the violence in the city is "eroding the image Assad has tried to p
dent Bashar al-Assad faces in maintaining control over areas he says he has pacified." The Post says the violence in the city is "eroding the image Assad has tried to portray as he urges Syrians who fled the country to return home to government-controlled territory. He has promised that no harm will b
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