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e of the facts on the ground suggest so. With more than 350 killed so far, November has been the bloodiest month since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began last spring. Defections from the army, which started as a trickle, now look like a torrent. In October, the number was around 800. The best tot
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031949 →A attacked the headquarters of the Air Force Intelligence Agency at Harasta near the capital Damascus. Since Hafez al-Assad, an air-force officer and Bashar's father, seized power in a coup in 1970, the AIA has been the nerve center of the regime's security system. Also this week, reports surfaced of atta
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031949 →ERSIGHT_031948 --- PAGE BREAK --- 9 Article 3. New York Post High stakes in Syria Amir Taheri November 16, 2011 -- As Arab foreign ministers met in Rabat, Morocco, yesterday to discuss Syria, one question was on every mind: Is the country already in a civil war? Some of the facts on the ground suggest
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031949 →cent of the population. Thus, Syria's is a nationwide revolution against a minority regime. Almost all Syrians agree that the situation is untenable. Assad's policy of rule by massacre has few supporters outside his clan. Judging by the revolution's most popular slogan — "Assad Get Out!" — a majority may
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031950 →ompensate Egypt for lost American military assistance. The Syrian crisis and the US administration's reluctant position towards acting against the Bashar Al-Assad regime came to add to the sources of difference, particularly after the Obama administration retreated from its threats to strike Al-Assad's regime
reats to strike Al-Assad's regime and engaged in a deal on Syrian EFTA00705807 chemical weapons, which gave another opportunity of survival to Al- Assad. The major source of the US-Saudi difference, however, came on Iran — particularly after the initial agreement on its nuclear programme, which Saud
by Donors Michele Dunne NYT U.S. to Reassess Status of Talks on Middle East Michael R. Gordon and Mark Landler EFTA00705795 April 4, 2014 -- Rabat, Morocco — With Israel and the Palestinians falling into a familiar cycle of tit-for-tat retribution, and a peace agreement more elusive than ever,
nt position towards acting against the Bashar Al-Assad regime came to add to the sources of difference,
compensate Egypt for lost American military assistance. The Syrian crisis and the US administration's reluctant position towards acting against the Bashar Al-Assad regime came to add to the sources of difference, particularly after the Obama administration retreated from its threats to strike Al-Assad's regim
ped by Donors Michele Dunne Article I. NYT U.S. to Reassess Status of Talks on Middle East Michael R. Gordon and Mark Landler April 4, 2014 -- Rabat, Morocco — With Israel and the Palestinians falling into a familiar cycle of tit-for-tat retribution, and a peace agreement more elusive than ever,
cent of the Golan Heights, it still fell short of Assad’s demand for a return to the 4 June 1967 lines, a
rity Council Resolution 338. First Egyptian-Israeli Disengagement of Forces Agreement. Israel-Syria Separation of Forces Agreement. Arab summit at Rabat declares the PLO the ‘sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people’. Arab League Resolution on Palestine Liberation Organization. PLO C
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023152 →Resolu- tions 425 and 426. 18 June 2000 The UN Security Council confirms Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon in a Presidential Statement. 10 July 2000 Bashar al-Assad is elected President of Syria in a nationwide referendum. 11-25 July 2000 Camp David II negotiations between Ehud Barak and Yasir Arafat. 25 July 2
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023156 →Entities connected to both Bashar al-Assad and Rabat

Barack Obama
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George W. Bush
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United States
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Lebanon
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tehran
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Bill Clinton
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Damascus
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Hosni Mubarak
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Middle East
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Cairo
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Tunisia
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Marc Rich
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Jerusalem
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Fatah
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Department of Justice
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Mahmoud Abbas
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West Bank
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