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Asma al-Assad’s shoes 24 March 2012 by Abdel Bari Atwan

March 25, 2012
Asma al-Assad’s shoes 24 March 2012 by Abdel Bari Atwan

        Asma al-Assad‘s shoes 24 March 2012 We don’t know what might affect Asma al-Assad, the Syrian president‘s wife, if banned from entering the EU. Neither do we know the same of her mother-in-law Anisa who we have never heard of since she supposedly left Damascus perhaps over forty years ago. Some [...]

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The Syrian President’s Speech an article by Abdel Bari Atwan

January 15, 2012
The Syrian President’s Speech an article by Abdel Bari Atwan

        The Syrian President‘s Speech 12 January 2012 In his fourth speech [since the eruption of the uprising] yesterday, which lasted for approximately two hours, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad broke a key tradition of the Arab revolts, since it did not contain any new surprises. Yet some people regarded President Al-Asad‘s addition of [...]

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US sanctions on Syria. Part of the imperial project or a genuine humanitarian effort despite the enormous personal and social damage sanctions do?

May 18, 2011
US sanctions on Syria. Part of the imperial project or a genuine humanitarian effort despite the enormous personal and social damage sanctions do?

US to freeze assets of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and senior officials Sanctions announced by Washington are sign of increased international pressure on regime over crackdown on protesters Share41 Staff and agencies guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 May 2011 19.14 BST Article history   Bashar al-Assad is to have his personal assets in the US frozen as [...]

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Protesters released by Assad

April 15, 2011
Protesters released by Assad

Assad Releases Protesters as Massive Friday Protests Loom New Cabinet Announced Ahead of ‘Day of Victory’ by Jason Ditz, April 14, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Syrian President Bashar Assad today released hundreds of detainees who were involve in anti-regime protests over the past several weeks. The move, coupled with a new [...]

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