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Syria's Widening Protests: Assad increasingly Beleaguered

Syria's Widening Protests: Assad increasingly Beleaguered

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James M. Dorsey
Aug 10, 2011
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By James M. Dorsey



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The protests against Syrian president Bashar al Assad’s regime is spreading to the country’s business community and middle-class residents of Damascus. There is also mounting international pressure on Assad to halt the crackdown while the US and EU prepare to impose new sanctions on Syrian oil exports.


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