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Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people at a December 12th Friends of Syria meeting in Marrakech. Lebanon: Spillover from Syria reached a climax on December 10th when several days of clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites left 19 people dead in the n
least making amendments to the already controversial electoral law—if the political climate becomes increasingly unstable. His biggest challenge is the Islamic Action Front—Jordan's "Muslim Brotherhood" and most important opposition group—who made it clear as early as July that they would boycott the upcoming parliament
rt a war, an Israeli leader needs broad public backing and an understanding with Washington (he learned the lesson from his disastrous invasion of Lebanon in 1982, which Ronald Reagan criticized and many Israelis opposed). Netanyahu has watched the polls move steadily against him for the past year. O
ority of Jordanians (ie Palestinian- Jordanians) will be significantly under-represented in the parliament. The leading opposition group in Jordan, the Islamic Action Front (IAF — the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood) has vowed to boycott legislative elections planned for early next year and has called for a mass rally to
mber of the Syrian opposition, Riyadh currently sends weapons on an ad hoc basis to the Syrian opposition by way of Sunni tribal allies in Iraq and Lebanon. But in light of recent developments, more weapons are almost certainly on their way. After his delegation withdrew in frustration from last week's
rgy source — natural gas — coming from Egypt, has caused energy bills for many Jordanians to almost double. Among those pushing hard for changes is the Islamic Action Front (IAF), Jordan's largest opposition group. "Many things have changed but it's not enough," says Hamzeh Mansour, leader of the IAF, the political ar
rt a war, an Israeli leader needs broad public backing and an understanding with Washington (he learned the lesson from his disastrous invasion of Lebanon in 1982, which Ronald Reagan criticized and many Israelis opposed). Netanyahu has watched the polls move steadily against him for the past year. On
jority of Jordanians (ie Palestinian-Jordanians) will be significantly under-represented in the parliament. The leading opposition group in Jordan, the Islamic Action Front (IAF — the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood) has vowed to boycott legislative elections planned for early next year and has called for a mass rally to
Entities connected to both Lebanon and the Islamic Action Front

Barack Obama
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United States
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Bashar al-Assad
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Bill Clinton
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tehran
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Damascus
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Jerusalem
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Yemen
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Marc Rich
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Cairo
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Hosni Mubarak
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Tunisia
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Hillary Clinton
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Fatah
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Mahmoud Abbas
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Ehud Barak
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Ronald Reagan
PERSONthe Gaza Strip
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