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the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Qods Force, who have been advising and supporting the Assad regime. Zarif and Syrian foreign minister Walid Mouallem's recent collective visits to Moscow indicate that Tehran's diplomatic maneuver was a coordinated attempt to change the framework of the Geneva Commu
some shaky moments before the conference, which has taken months to arrange, even got started, not least when the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, issued a last-minute invitation for Iran to attend, then rescinded it after strong objections from America; from Saudi Arabia, Iran's regional riv
the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Qods Force, who have been advising and supporting the Assad regime. Zarif and Syrian foreign minister Walid Mouallem's recent collective visits to Moscow indicate that Tehran's diplomatic maneuver was a coordinated attempt to change the framework of the Geneva Comm
some shaky moments before the conference, which has taken months to arrange, even got started, not least when the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, issued a last- minute invitation for Iran to attend, then rescinded it after strong EFTA_R1_02206834 EFTA02722138 objections from America; from
tinction he believes the opposition failed to make when they called for Assad's removal instead of regime change. In the meantime, Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem wrote to the Secretary-General of the United Nations arguing that Syria is fighting terrorists and that a Security Council resolution against Syria
Furthermore, he asked for support for Damascus' in its "fight" against terrorism. President Assad has been avoiding calls from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has asked the Chairman of the Council of Representatives, Khalifa Ahmed Al Dahrani, to take charge of the d
Entities connected to both Walid Muallem and Ban Ki-moon

Barack Obama
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Lebanon
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Bashar al-Assad
PERSONSinai
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Damascus
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George W. Bush
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Marc Rich
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Bill Clinton
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Saddam Hussein
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Tunisia
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United States
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Mahmoud Abbas
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Fatah
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Cairo
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Madrid
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Hosni Mubarak
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Ashkelon
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