Where Bashar al-Assad appears
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…ria. The protestors were demanding political reforms, dissatisfied with the cruel and authoritarian regime of Bashar al-Assad, who has been in power for more than ten years, succeeding his father after a 30-year rule. The government respond...
…to say whether we’d had anything to do with an attack. As we he had hoped, this allowed the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, both the space and a good reason to deny that it had ever happened, deny that he’d been trying to make a nuclear...
tlement is a protracted conflict that could mean massacres of civilians and, on present evidence, a bloody stalemate that further destabilizes the region. It’s distasteful to contemplate dialogue with leaders such as Gaddafi and Assad who,...
22 June, 2011 Article 1. The Washington Post Avoiding a summer of blood David Ignatius Article 2. Project Syndicate The Middle East’s Slow-Motion Revolution Prince El Hassan bin Talal Article 3. Stratfor Turkey's Inevitable Problems With...
… kind that everyone knew would surely come. Still, these were chemical weapons launched by a repeat offender, Bashar al-Assad. In any other presidency, such an atrocity would command a considered and, ideally, skillful response. Obama’s con...
…to say whether we’d had anything to do with an attack. As we he had hoped, this allowed the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, both the space and a good reason to deny that it had ever happened, deny that he’d been trying to make a nuclear...
he Syrian army acting as an interim government. Other groups, however, insist that the opposition is willing and able to set up a transitional authority and hold free elections, with the army ensuring the country's security. The Assad clan...
…s. Several human-rights groups have joined in the Damascus Declaration, calling for a negotiated departure of Bashar al-Assad and his entourage with the Syrian army acting as an interim government. Other groups, however, insist that the opp...
Article 4. Foreign Policy Syria: Too Big to Fail? Aaron David Miller MAY 12, 2011 -- If you're a bit confused about U.S. President Barack Obama's passivity in the face of Syrian President Bashar al- Assad's brutal repression of domestic opp...
…n as a straightforward opportunity to register an absolute moral objection. The circumstance was unequivocal: Bashar al-Assad’s government, once again defying international law, had used chemical weapons. There was video documenting the att...
… coming reforms will include greater freedom for the press and the right to form political parties. President Bashar al-Assad is due to address the country in the next 48 hours. His speech is eagerly awaited
a top aide to President Bashar al- Assad
Bashar al-Assad had little or nothing of the menacing pose of a traditional Arab dictator. His manner was modest and
which shook the government of Bashar al-Assad’s father Hafez in 1982
…eld this week, following an offer by their top political leader for negotiations with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028690
…r. As recently as May 6, Secretary of State Clinton was still talking about a “reform agenda” in Syria, as if Bashar al-Assad were a slightly misguided bureaucrat rather than the murderer of roughly 1,000 unarmed demonstrators. As for the p...
…test to the Gaza agreement. Palestinian unity government headed by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah is sworn in. Bashar al-Assad is re-elected President of Syria in an election whose legitimacy was widely contested. Field Marshall Abdel Fattah...
olent repression by the security services -- an escalation with unpredictable consequences. The protesters have in fact challenged the fundamentals of Syria's security state, a harsh system of controls over every aspect of society, put in p...
…d Co-operation in Europe and the Organization of American States, and to defend embattled allies like Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. There is also growing replication of what might be called authoritarian best practices, vividly on display in the...
Syrian President Bashar al Assad and Libyan
