country, with Mr. al-Assad ruling only part of its territory" and "on top of material concerns, most of the refugees fled violence committed by Mr. al-Assad's government, and they now fear that going home could mean arrest or forced conscription into his army." al-Assad largely ignored such concerns in thi

here is Damascus now accepting its most important feature, namely the 1967 borders! All of the above must be taken within the context of President al-Assad's cousin Rami Makhloufs comments to the New York Times newspaper, in the first days of the Syrian uprising, when he said that there would be no stabi

country, with Mr. al-Assad ruling only part of its territory" and "on top of material concerns, most of the refugees fled violence committed by Mr. al-Assad's government, and they now fear that going home could mean arrest or forced conscription into his army." al-Assad largely ignored such concerns in thi

here is Damascus now accepting its most important feature, namely the 1967 borders! All of the above must be taken within the context of President al-Assad's cousin Rami Makhloufs comments to the New York Times newspaper, in the first days of the Syrian uprising, when he said that there would be no stabi