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reveal a deeply divided society and a government that appears to equate (and confuse) majority rule with democracy. By contrast, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime is likely to have been ousted before the year's end. But, as we have seen elsewhere in the region, it will prove far more difficult to put

mocracy. By contrast, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime is likely to have been ousted before th

urnalist Jakob Augstein's columns in SPIEGEL ONLINE and elsewhere has re-ignited this debate, a storm triggered when the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles placed Augstein on its list of the world's worst anti-Semites. Every Society Needs Taboos Two different arenas of discussion have arisen in Germany

- for-assad-to-end-war-idUSICBN26L2MY> (9/30, Psaledakis) reports the US on Wednesday "blacklisted what it called `key enablers' of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, reinforcing efforts to push Damascus back to United Nations-led negotiations to end Syria's nearly decade-long civil war." The US sanc

id, "The United States will continue to employ all of its tools and authorities to target the finances of anyone who profits from or facilitates the Assad regime's abuse of the Syrian people." Taliban's Team Of Peace Negotiators Comprised Of "Old Guard." The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost

20/09/30/porter-ranch-lobbyist-pleads-guilty-in- la-city-hall-bribery-scheme/> (9/30, 232K) reports from Los Angeles, "A longtime lobbyist and former Los Angeles City Hall official pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of conspiring with now-suspended Councilman Jose Huizar in a bribery scheme." Morrie

n Push For Assad To End War. Reifterc (9/30, Psaledakis) reports the US on Wednesday "blacklisted what it called 'key enablers' of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, reinforcing efforts to push Damascus back to United Nations-led negotiations to end Syria's nearly decade-long civil war." The US sanc

id, "The United States will continue to employ all of its tools and authorities to target the finances of anyone who profits from or facilitates the Assad regime's abuse of the Syrian people." Taliban's Team Of Peace Negotiators Comprised Of "Old Guard." The Washington Post (9/30, George, Tassal, Kha

ay is being held on $6.15 million bail, and the New York Times (9/30, Levenson, 18.61M) says he plead not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. OPERATION LEGEND Operation LeGend Helps St Louis Fight Soaring Homicide Rate. KSDK-TV St. Louis (9/30, Richey, 493K) report

he Syrian uprising began nearly a decade ago" are now "stuck between untenable options: ongoing instability and violence back in Syria as President Bashar al-Assad consolidates control, and deteriorating conditions in cash-strapped Lebanon, where politicians are pressing refugees to leave." Studies have found "

rians "say they want to return - but don't think conditions will be safe enough for several more years." But, "Lebanon says it's time to leave. And Assad, in need of money and resources for reconstruction, has been urging Syrians to come back." Filipinas Say They Were Trafficked To Syria. The Washin

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b Spring. Emboldened by the fall of the pro-American Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, Tehran has subsequently watched with disquiet the isolation of Syria's Bashar al-Assad and the potential loss of llamas, not to mention the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Liberation Mythology Presumably, the Iranian regime can a

e. The harder they squeeze Syria, the more likely they are to anger the other non-Arab power with regional ambitions, Iran, which remains loyal to Assad. And Assad could retaliate by fomenting unrest within Turkey's borders. The result has been a diplomatic and public relations nightmare for Turkey

00225765 EFTA01840709 Zeinab Abul-Magd is an assistant professor of history at Oberlin College and the American University of Cairo. Article 3. Los Angel, Times Turkey struggles in the role of Mideast power during Syria crisis J. Michael Kennedy March 11, 2012 -- Turkey envisions itself as a Middle

ves and diplomats have stepped up their contacts with Syrian rebels in part to help organize their burgeoning military operations against President Bashar al-Assad's forces, according to senior U.S. officials." This would certainly be promising news—except it is the third time in the last month administration

uld have little trouble finding suitable recipients. It hasn't because the White House isn't eager to act. The question is, will moral revulsion at Assad's crimes finally force it off the sidelines? It's understandable why a conflict that by some estimates has already cost the lives of more than 14,

etwork of money-traders. You lug a briefcase of cash to a hawala office in an Iranian bazaar and then ask for it to be made available in Beijing or Los Angeles. This is more expensive and less reliable than a bank transfer, but it's now the main alternative. "We are finding a loophole around sanctions," a