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Hama is where AI-Asad's father and predecessor, More Video Hafez, killed tens of thousands of citizens in 1982. Protests this weekend continued in Damascus, Aleppo, Latakia and Horns. A statement on Friday by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admonishing that time is running out" for AI-Arad to a
reatening a violent response to any attempts to arrest his loyalists. On Saturday, a minister in the new government headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati came out in support of Lebanon's obligations toward the STL as set forth in Security Council resolution 1757. But State Minister Ahmad Karami also
forced to return to Israel, as were three other journalists said to be of Israel's Channel 2. (DPA) S More than thirty protesters were arrested in Damascus on a second day of rare protests that are banned under Syria's emergency laws in place since 1963. Dozens of relatives of political prisoners demons
in addition to the dangerous developments in the region, require the formation of a balanced government, where no group would have the upper hand," Mikati said. (Daily Star, Lebanon) A United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said Wednesday it was targeted by stones thrown EFTA00696603
Syria. undermine Lebanese sovereignty and challenge the country's ability to manage its land borders. Since these two militias are headquartered in Damascus we expect the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to act constructively in this process. Mr. President. '11w profound political and humanitaria
non and no authority other than that of the Government of Lebanon. It is also high time that President Sicilian and the Government of Prime Minister Mikati finally implement decisions taken in the past by the National Dialogue, such as the dismantling of Palestinian military bases maintained by PFLP-GC
table, at best. The protests started in mid-March in Daraa, in southern Syria, a city that has suffered from drought and neglect by the government in Damascus. The heavy hand of the ruling Baath party was particularly resented. Because it lies on the border with Jordan, and therefore in a security zone, all
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030031 →le noted, example of the United States and a Hezbollah-supported government in sync. Talk to Hezbollah: That's obvious. It's no terrorizing monolith. Mikati is struggling with the give-and-take of Lebanese politics. Life goes on in the freewheeling way that has long drawn repressed, frustrated Arabs to Be
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030051 →Entities connected to both Damascus and Mikati

Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
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Lebanon
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United States
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Bill Clinton
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George W. Bush
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Tehran
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Cairo
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Hillary Clinton
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Yemen
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Jerusalem
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West Bank
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Michael Cohen
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Beirut
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North Korea
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Hafez al-Assad
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United Nations
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