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je Rod-Larsen Subject: FW: July 15 update Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:20:13 +0000 15 July, 2012 Article 1 The Sunday Telegraph Why I defected from Bashar al-Assad's regime, by former diplomat Nawaf Fares Ruth Sherlock Article 2. NOW Lebanon Scared by the tribunal, who me? Michael Young Article 3. Russia i

his rule, which EFTA00701861 included the massacre of more than 10,000 people during a Muslim Brotherhood uprising in the city of Hama in 1982. "Bashar doesn't strike you as being extremely intelligent, he seems to be someone who is led rather than who leads. But nobody has the ability to carry out

week. As the first senior diplomat to abandon the government, it is thought his departure may pave the way for others to follow, leaving President Assad's regime even more exposed. Yesterday, in a wide-ranging interview conducted by telephone from Qatar, where he has now sought refuge, Mr Fares mad

obal Affairs EFTA00701864 Echo of an Imp_n ing War Bergey Karaganov Resume The macro changes in the world economy and politics, developments in the Greater Middle East, and actions (or inaction) by old great powers make further plunging of the region into conflicts almost inevitable. The macro changes in the world

T hou• Shimon Post ) Piseilrol /meow 4 June, 2011 NYT President Assad's Bloody Hands Editorial Article 2. Article 1. The Washington Post Egypt's revolutionary justice Editorial Article 3. Al-Ahram Weekly Egypt: In

2 Article 1. NYT President Assad's Bloody Hands Editorial June 3, 2011 -- Syrians have shown extraordinary courage, standing up to President Bashar al-Assad's reign of terror. We wish we could say that about the international community. So long as Mr. Assad escapes strong condemnation and real punishmen

ry courage, standing up to President Bashar al-Assad's reign of terror. We wish we could say that about the international community. So long as Mr. Assad escapes strong condemnation and real punishment, he will keep turning his tanks and troops on his people. Human rights groups believe that more th

ntire diplomacy of freedom, were projects of folly—romantic, self deluding undertakings in the Arab world. To the extent that these men thought of the Greater Middle East, they entered it through the gateway of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. The key to the American security dilemma in the region, they maintained,

T hou• Shimon Post ) Piseilrol /meow 4 June, 2011 NYT President Assad's Bloody Hands Editorial Article 2. Article 1. The Washington Post Egypt's revolutionary justice Editorial Article 3. Al-Ahram Weekly Egypt: In

2 Article 1. NYT President Assad's Bloody Hands Editorial June 3, 2011 -- Syrians have shown extraordinary courage, standing up to President Bashar al-Assad's reign of terror. We wish we could say that about the international community. So long as Mr. Assad escapes strong condemnation and real punishmen

ry courage, standing up to President Bashar al-Assad's reign of terror. We wish we could say that about the international community. So long as Mr. Assad escapes strong condemnation and real punishment, he will keep turning his tanks and troops on his people. Human rights groups believe that more th

ntire diplomacy of freedom, were projects of folly—romantic, self deluding undertakings in the Arab world. To the extent that these men thought of the Greater Middle East, they entered it through the gateway of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. The key to the American security dilemma in the region, they maintained,

T hou• Shimon Post ) Piseilrol /meow 4 June, 2011 NYT President Assad's Bloody Hands Editorial Article 2. Article 1. The Washington Post Egypt's revolutionary justice Editorial Article 3. Al-Ahram Weekly Egypt: In

2 Article 1. NYT President Assad's Bloody Hands Editorial June 3, 2011 -- Syrians have shown extraordinary courage, standing up to President Bashar al-Assad's reign of terror. We wish we could say that about the international community. So long as Mr. Assad escapes strong condemnation and real punishmen

ry courage, standing up to President Bashar al-Assad's reign of terror. We wish we could say that about the international community. So long as Mr. Assad escapes strong condemnation and real punishment, he will keep turning his tanks and troops on his people. Human rights groups believe that more th

ntire diplomacy of freedom, were projects of folly—romantic, self deluding undertakings in the Arab world. To the extent that these men thought of the Greater Middle East, they entered it through the gateway of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. The key to the American security dilemma in the region, they maintained,

Thet Simon Post Insannw Mrs tub., 4 June, 2011 Article 1. N y-r President Assad's Bloody Hands Editorial Article 2. The Washington Post Egypt's revolutionary justice Editorial Article 3. Al-Ahram Weekly Egypt: In search of a

4764 AniCIC 1. NYT President Assad's Bloody Hands Editorial June 3, 2011 -- Syrians have shown extraordinary courage, standing up to President Bashar al-Assad's reign of terror. We wish we could say that about the international community. So long as Mr. Assad escapes strong condemnation and real punishmen

ry courage, standing up to President Bashar al-Assad's reign of terror. We wish we could say that about the international community. So long as Mr. Assad escapes strong condemnation and real punishment, he will keep turning his tanks and troops on his people. Human rights groups believe that more th

ntire diplomacy of freedom, were projects of folly—romantic, self deluding undertakings in the Arab world. To the extent that these men thought of the Greater Middle East, they entered it through the gateway of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. The key to the American security dilemma in the region, they maintained,

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

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

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