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still said to be on Assad's agenda. EFTA00708200 The Assad clan also has military power that could obstruct Bashar's reformist moves. His brother Maher, for example, commands a tough unit of Syrian special forces, and his brother-in-law Assaf Shaukat has been a senior intelligence official. It's an

ready to respond — by siding decisively with those in Syria seeking genuine change. Washington Post Bashar al-Assad stages his own coup Op-ed by David Ignatius March 29, 2011 Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is attempting a new survival tactic in this Arab Spring — organizing what looks like a coup again

ition. Assad still talks of his desire for new reform laws. But U.S. officials say he has supported (or acceded to) hard-liners led by his brother Maher, who is commander of the Republican Guard, and Hafez Makhlouf, a cousin who heads other security forces. The Syrian equation is shaped by two "X-fa

srael? Martin Peretz Asharq Al-Awsat The Syrian-Israeli courtship Tariq Alhomayed The Washington Post Plotting a post-Assad road map for Syria David Ignatius Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia's youth unemployment Ellen Knickmeyer Wall Street Journal Another Overhyped Challenge to U.S. Power Joseph Nye Art

ition. Assad still talks of his desire for new reform laws. But U.S. officials say he has supported (or acceded to) hard-liners led by his brother Maher, who is commander of the Republican Guard, and Hafez Makhlouf, a cousin who heads other security forces. The Syrian equation is shaped by two "X-fa

srael? Martin Peretz Asharq Al-Awsat The Syrian-Israeli courtship Tariq Alhomayed The Washington Post Plotting a post-Assad road map for Syria David Ignatius Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia's youth unemployment Ellen Knickmeyer Wall Street Journal Another Overhyped Challenge to U.S. Power Joseph Nye Vri