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owded together with one million Iraqi war refugees. The Assad regime failed to effectively help any of them, so when the Arab awakenings erupted in Tunisia and Egypt, Syrian democrats followed suit and quickly found many willing recruits from all those dislocated by the drought. But also consider this
ns are best left to the Syrian people, even as it dispatches Iranian forces to Syria, sends arms EFTA00651255 to the Assad regime in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, and orchestrates the presence of thousands of pro-regime fighters in Syria. AVOIDING TRAPS ON THE LONG DIPLOMATIC ROAD AHEAD The mech
ase, certainly not among the younger generation. In most cases, they are completely out of touch with the new realities around them that started in Tunisia and Egypt and are now spreading throughout the rest of North Africa and the Middle East. Arab backing for Assad is still strong, with the Syrian l
hing to see the United States using its diplomatic and military power in congruence with Arab states and international legitimacy, as manifested in UN Security Council resolutions. If Washington continues to act in a manner that can be interpreted as supporting the expanding pan-Arab citizen revolt, and assists th
owded together with one million Iraqi war refugees. The Assad regime failed to effectively help any of them, so when the Arab awakenings erupted in Tunisia and Egypt, Syrian democrats followed suit and quickly found many willing recruits from all those dislocated by the drought. But also consider this
t such decisions are best left to the Syrian people, even as it dispatches Iranian forces to Syria, sends arms to the Assad regime in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, and orchestrates the presence of thousands of pro-regime fighters in Syria. AVOIDING TRAPS ON THE LONG DIPLOMATIC ROAD AHEAD The me
Entities connected to both Tunisia and UN Security Council

Barack Obama
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Lebanon
LOCATION
George W. Bush
PERSON
Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Yemen
LOCATION
Damascus
LOCATION
Tehran
LOCATION
Cairo
LOCATION
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Marc Rich
PERSON
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Saddam Hussein
PERSON
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Middle East
LOCATION
Hillary Clinton
PERSON
Fatah
ORGANIZATION
Jerusalem
LOCATION
Mahmoud Abbas
PERSON