Joshua Landis News
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Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, whose government was last year described as close to collapse by groups ranging from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the armed opposition, may remain in power for years to come.
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Israel’s airstrikes against targets in Syria undercut U.S. military warnings about the risks of using American air power against forces loyal to President Bashar al- Assad.
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In an open field northeast of the Syrian city of Aleppo, teenagers set fires under large vats of crude oil and siphon the byproducts into jerry cans.
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France, the U.S. and other countries are showing little confidence in the week-old Syria cease-fire, increasing the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to halt the violence while aiding his opponents.
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When four foreign policy experts held an animated debate recently on a Washington stage over whether the U.S. can or should save Syria, it was a member of the audience who drew the most attention.
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The city pulsed to a beat it hadn’t felt for decades as it welcomed its new president. Intellectuals met at private political salons for open, lively discussions of topics they had only dared to mention in whispers before: demands for greater democracy, the suspension of emergency law, an end to the ruling party’s domination.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s days may not be as numbered as world leaders thought they were when anti-regime protests started to escalate around the nation a year ago.
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United Nations Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi told the Security Council that reducing the violence in Syria isn’t possible unless the world body is united on a way to end the 18-month conflict.
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Sometime after midnight on a recent Thursday in Damascus, restaurant manager Aziz Asfahani joined friends at the newly opened Bartini lounge bar, where Syria’s elite dine and dance till dawn on tabletops to the thump of patriotic songs.
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Syrian Brigadier-General Manaf Tlas became the first member of President Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle to defect since the uprising against the government began last year.
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