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simply Hafez al-Assad's son. David W. Lesch, a professor of Middle East history at Trinity University, is the author of "The New Lion of Damascus: Bashar al- Asad and Modern Syria." SONY_GM_00078427 JPM-SDNY-00001554 EFTA_00188894 Confidential Treatment Requested by JPMorgan Chase EFTA01301050 9

conference at 6 pm on Thursday evening, in response to violent demonstrations in the southern town of Daraa near the border with Jordan. President Bashar al-Assad, she stressed, had given strict orders not to fire at demonstrators with live ammunition - and expressed his sorrow for the senseless loss of life

minority of the Alawite sect is Syria's equivalent to Saddam Hussein's clan of Tikriti Sunnis, both having ruled cruelly and bloodily. Indeed, the Assads have nursed a particular grudge against the Palestinians, almost all of them. They had little truck with Arafat and sided in the intra-Palestinian

94 Confidential Treatment Requested by JPMorgan Chase EFTA01301050 9 Article 3. Brookings The Syrian Rift Itamar Rabinovich March 27, 2011 - Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship is facing its biggest crisis since he inherited his father's position in June 2000. Not long ago, in a long, thrilling interview with

The Shimon Post 30 March, 201 1 Article 1. Asia Times A golden opportunity for Assad Sami Moubayed NYT The Syrian President I Know David W. Lesch Article 3. Article 2. Brookings The Syrian Rift

s and even critical discussions are limited. Russia, Iran, and China remain supportive. Saudi Arabia and other GCC states tried last year to detach Bashar al-Assad from his ties to Iran, EFTA00712622 but without success. In this effort, they tipped their hand in supporting autocracy over democracy in the reg

tor in 2007. And it has close links to the Iranian regime, which is the No. 1 enemy of the U.S. and its allies in the region. Moreover, the longer Assad stays in power without being able to stop the uprising against his government — which is now more than a year old — the greater the odds that region

re is an important step the United States can take to change Israel's calculations -- helping the people of Syria in their battle against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Iran's nuclear program and Syria's civil war may seem unconnected, but in fact they are inextricably linked. Israel's real fear -- losing i

es Times Toppling Syria's Assad Max Boot Article 2. Article 3. Foreign Policy The Real Reason to Intervene in Syria James P. Rubin Article 4. Asia Times An unwelcome turn in the Arab Spring? Brian M Downing Article I. SPIEGEL eration i Samson: ) Israel's Deployment of Nuclear Missiles on Subs f

the region. The time for talking with Bashar al-Assad has passed. It is time for ultimatums -- and, if

n short, this is a dangerous regime -- dangerous to its people and, as the CW movement suggests, dangerous to the region. The time for talking with Bashar al-Assad has passed. It is time for ultimatums -- and, if those fail, armed action to topple the regime. Jeffrey White is a defense fellow at The Washington

ypt Sarah A. Topol Article 3. The Washington Post In Egypt's Sinai desert, Islamic militants gaining new foothold Ernesto London() Article 4. Asia Times The murder of Yasser Arafat Sami Moubayed Article 5. The Wall Street Journal George Shultz: Memo to Romney — Expand the Pie Robert L. Pollock

udi Arabia and Qatar, bolstered by Turkey and the West, seem ready to stop at nothing to violently overthrow a fellow Arab head of state, President Bashar al-Assad - and to do whatever they can to hurt Iran. Iranians increasingly interpret Saudi Arabia's mood as a hungering for war; and Gulf statements do oft

A02720382 The Saudi king may aspire to unify the Sunni world to his vision, but he is unlikely to succeed in this way: his harsh vendetta towards Assad is not unifying the region, it is souring it; and the recourse to militant Sunnism is fomenting civil, violent struggle in many states: in the Leva

le 1. The Washington Post A step forward in Iranian nuclear talks David Ignatius The Washington Post Iranians know their history Walter Pincus Asia Times Towards a new Arab cultural revolution Alastair Crooke Article 4. The Daily Star Egypt faces hard economic challenges Mohammed Samhouri Articl

n short, this is a dangerous regime -- dangerous to its people and, as the CW movement suggests, dangerous to the region. The time for talking with Bashar al-Assad has passed. It EFTA_R1_02209740 EFTA02723612 is time for ultimatums -- and, if those fail, armed action to topple the regime. Jeffrey White is

the region. The time for talking with Bashar al-Assad has passed. It EFTA_R1_02209740 EFTA02723612

gypt Sarah A. Topol Article 3. The Washington Post In Egypt's Sinai desert, Islamic militants gaining new foothold Ernesto Londono Article 4. Asia Times The murder of Yasser Arafat Sami Moubayed Article 5. ilhe Wall Street Journal EFTA_R1_02209737 EFTA02723609 George Shultz: Memo to Romney — E

ty to get in the way of "this narrative" by arguing that external intervention would be disastrous, are roundly condemned as complicit in President Assad's crimes against humanity. This school of journalism - the Guardian and Channel Four are good examples of this "I-was-there" reporting - that empha

e Crisis of Global Power Zbigniew Brzezinski Article 7. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace The Kingdom Divided Elham Fakhro Article 8. Asia Times ayria: Straining credulity? Alastair Crooke Anicic I. The Washington Post Obama vs. Israel Charles Krauthammer EFTA00630381 March 9 -- It's