Efforts to return Syria’s Assad to Arab fold amount to hollow victory for autocrats
By James M. Dorsey
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Two developments, the pending return of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to the Arab fold and protests in Sudan, Jordanand Tunisia, send contradictory messages of where the Middle East and North Africa are headed.
Conservative monarchies like Saudi Ar…
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