Category: Assad
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The miracle of Lebanon
The miracle of Lebanon is that it did not de-generate into the mess of the 1970s and 1980s. The Lebanese security forces have managed a crisis through extraordinary diplomacy even though it has been starved of funding by a political class that has been driven by infighting. Parliament has managed to elect a new government,…
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Syria….twelve years on
Its not easy assessing the situation in Syria, but the facts are very easy to manage if you are cynical. The idea that Aleppo, Hama and possibly Homs have fallen is a significant factor in the analysis of the war. But the question is what has happened to the Syrian army that it capitulated so…
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The Syrian problem
The Middle East welcomed Syria back into the Arab League, and yet the country is still divided through conflict. By welcoming al-Assad back into the fold of the Arab League, Arab leaders who once provided the weapons and finance to oust him have taken a step back from pressuring the regime. If anything it was…
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