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Spotlight SYRIA Issue dated 16/12/2010

Bashar al-Assad at centre of power struggle

The imminent publication of indictments by the UN -backed Special Tribunal For Lebanon has aggravated rivalries in Syria, where Byzantine quarrels are par for the course. While President Bashar Al Assad is trying to position himself as the guarantor of [...] (532 words)

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