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laming the Jews—Again Elliott Abrams Article 2. The National Interest A New Hamas in the Making? Bilal Y. Saab Article 3. NYT The End, for Now Thomas L. Friedman Article 4. The Washington Post In Iraq, a return to old enmities Editorial Article 5. New York Review of Books Egypt on the Edge Yasmine El Ras

ct. Emblematic of his brutal rule was the crushing of the uprising in the city of Hama in 1982, in which tens of thousands of Syrians were killed. Hafez had originally designated his eldest and favorite son, Bassel, as his successor, and Bassel, the chief of presidential security, was perfect for th

understand him in the context EFTA_R1_01992731 EFTA02681516 33 of the Assad family's dominance of the Syrian political scene. Bashar's father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria with an iron fist for three decades, including enforcing draconian emergency laws in 1963 that helped him eliminate political opponent

a stark choice Benny Morris Article 3. The Washington Post The U.S.-Israeli trust gag on Iran Editorial Article 4. NYT Like Father, Like Son Thomas L. Friedman Articles. The Council for Foreign Relations The UN's Mideast Struggles Interview: William H. Luers Article 6. NOW Lebanon EFTA_R1_00229072 EF

s to put down the rebellion there against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is the remake of a really bad movie that starred Bashar's father, Hafez, exactly 30 years ago this month. I know. I saw the original. It was April 1982 and I had just arrived in Beirut as a reporter for The New York Ti

February in the Syrian town of Hama, led by the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. Word had it (there were no Internet or cellphones) that then-President Hafez al-Assad had quashed the rebellion by shelling whole Hama neighborhoods, then dynamiting buildings, some with residents still inside. That May, I got a visa

oft on Bashar Assad? Martin Peretz Article 5. Article 6. Agence Global Guts and Guns and Values Rami G. Khouri NYT Looking for Luck in Libya Thomas L. Friedman Article 7. NYT Why Palestinians Should Learn about the Holocaust Mohammed Dajani Daoudi and Robert Satloff SDNY_GM_00078420 JPM-SDNY-00001547 EF

U.S. Been So Soft on Bashar Assad? Martin Peretz March 29, 2011 - I don't know where to begin. So let me start with Bashar Al Assad—whose father, Hafez, Jimmy Carter wrote he had higher regard for than any other leader in the Middle East. Barack Obama never said anything quite that hagiographic abo

iplomat Azerbaijan - Israel's Reluctant Friend Article 5. EFTA_R1_00296204 EFTA01882540 Kevjn Lim NYT This Column Is Not Sponsored by Anyone Thomas L. Friedman Ankle I. The Atlantic Race for Egypt: Inside the Three-Way Fight for the Presidency Thanassis Cambanis May 11 2012 -- CAIRO -- Egypt's first re

d Islamic flag". But as developments began to unravel in Iran and Middle East, things changed between Tehran and the PLO. From the very beginning, Hafez al-Assad carefully watched the PLO courting of Khomaini's Iran. The B'ath regime kept a wide open eye on the extent of Iranian relations with Yasser Arafat,

The Shimon Post. Presidential Press Bulletin 8 May, 2011 Article 1. NYT End of Mideast Wholesale Thomas L. Friedman ance 2. | Le Monde diplomatique Is This the End of the Assad Dynasty? Patrick Seale Article 3. NYT _ Books Mohamed ElBaradei, the Inspector Lesli

of the regime. The president is now fighting for his political life and for that of the regime put in place in 1970 by his father, the late President Hafez al-Assad. Forty-one years in power The rule of the Assads, father and son, has now lasted 41 years, a score comparable to that of other long-lasting Arab au