Lebanese-Syrian soccer qualifier serves as barometer of troubled relations
Syrian soccer kowtows to Assad regime
By James M. Dorsey
A recent Lebanese-Syrian Asia Cup qualifier serves as an ironic barometer of troubled relations between the two countries seeking to chart their individual futures as well as that of their uneasy relationship.
Soldiers armed with machine guns controlled the entrances to the Rafik Hariri Stadium where…
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