Hamas' Two-Pronged Strategy
The attack against the head of Palestine's General Intelligence agency on May 20 and an abortive assault against the chief of the Preventive Security agency in Gaza were planned in Syria in early April with Iran's help.
Maher and Assef Still Squaring Off
The two rivals for top dog position in Syria's security system, Maher al Assad and Assef Shawkat, who are respectively younger brother of the president and his brother-in-law, are still at one another's throats. [...] (305 words)
Issue dated 09/06/2006
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